§ Mr. Sextonasked the Minister of Labour the number of insured persons on the register in the area served by the Middleton-in-Teesdale Employment Exchange, County Durham, on 31st January, 28th February, and 31st March, respectively, in 1938; and the corresponding number of persons signing on as unemployed?
§ Mr. E. Brown:At the July, 1937, exchange of unemployment books approximately 500 books were exchanged by insured persons, aged 16–64 (exclusive of persons within the agricultural scheme) at the Middleton-in-Teesdale Employment Exchange. The numbers of such persons recorded as unemployed at that Exchange in the first three months of 1938 were as follow:
17th January, 1938 … 191 14th February, 1938 … 211 14th March, 1938 … 198