§ Mr. Trevor Coxasked the Minister of Labour whether he will give the number of unemployed persons in the division of Stalybridge and Hyde in August, 1931, and for July and November this year, respectively; and the percentage decreases or increases in unemployment?
§ Mr. E. BrownThe available statistics relate to persons registered as unemployed at the Stalybridge and Hyde Employment Exchanges. The numbers of such persons, aged 14 and over, on the registers of these two Exchanges at 17th August, 1931, 18th July, 1938, and 14th November, 1938, were 10,935, 5,489 and 4,525 respectively. The percentage decreases as compared with 17th August, 1931, were accordingly 49.8 per cent. at 18th July, 1938, and 58.6 per cent. at 14th November, 1938. The decrease between 18th July and 14th November, 1938, amounted to 17.6 per cent.