HC Deb 16 June 1938 vol 337 cc426-7W
Mr. Ridley

asked the Minister of Labour how many persons at the most recent date for which the figures are available had been registered for employment for a continuous period of not less than 12 months?

Mr. E. Brown

At 16th May, 1938, out of a total of 1,637,275 applicants for insurance benefit or unemployment allowances 278,810 had been continuously on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain for 12 months or more. A proportion of the persons who had been unemployed for a year or more will have had one or more short spells of employment lasting not more than three days each during that period. Corresponding particulars are not available in respect of persons not applying for benefit or allowances.