§ Mr. Lyonsasked the Minister of Labour whether he will indicate the course of employment in the city of Leicester for the months of March, April, and May, 1939, by numbers, industries, and percentages, respectively?
§ Mr. E. BrownThe following table shows, for the area served by the Leicester Employment Exchange and Juvenile Employment Bureau, the numbers of insured persons, aged 16-64 years, recorded as unemployed in the principal industries at 13th March, 17th April, and 15th May, 1939, and these numbers expressed as percentages of the estimated numbers insured at July, 1938:
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Industry. 13th March, 1939 17th April, 1939. 15th May, 1939. Number. Per cent. Number. Per cent. Number. Per cent. Building 1,401 18.5 1,250 16.5 1,120 14.8 General Engineering, etc 354 2.8 365 2.9 300 2.4 Printing, Publishing and Bookbinding. 170 4.9 167 4.8 157 4.6 Hosiery 2,248 7.4 2,794 9.2 2,123 7.0 Boots, Shoes, etc. 973 5.1 1,210 6.3 1,787 9.3 Distributive Trades 1,198 7.8 1,071 7.0 1,063 6.9 All other industries and services.* 3,576 9.0 3,483 8.8 3,063 7.7 Total, all industries and services. * 9,920 7.7 10,340 8.1 9.613 7.5 * The figures given in the Table are exclusive of insured agricultural workers; the numbers of persons, aged 16–64, within the agricultural scheme, who were recorded as unemployed at the Leicester Employment Exchange and Juvenile Employment Bureau at the 13th March, 17th April, and 15th May, 1939, were 109, 90 and 106, respectively.