§ Mr. G. Hallasked the Minister of Labour whether he will give the estimated number of insured persons 14 to 65 years of age in employment, with the number of registered as unemployed in the several administrative divisions, Ministry of Labour, at the end of the following years, 1923, 1929, 1930, 1934, 1935, and at the latest date?
§ Mr. Lennox-Boydpursuant to his reply (OFFICIAL REPORT, 7th March, 1939; col. 1943, Vol. 344), supplied the following statement:
The available figures relate to a date in June of each year. The table below gives, for each administrative division, comparable figures showing (a) the estimated numbers of insured persons, aged 16–64 years, in employment in June of the years 1923, 1929, 1930, 1934, 1935 and 1938, and (b) the numbers of insured persons of those ages recorded as unemployed at the same dates. These figures are exclusive of workers insured under the special schemes for the banking and insurance industries, from whom a geographical analysis is not available.
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Estimated numbers of insured persons, aged 16–64, in employment. Division. 1923. 1929. 1930. 1934. 1935. 1938. Thousands. Thousands. Thousands. Thousands. Thousands. Thousands. London … 1,856 2.235 2,227 2,393 2,430 2,677 South Eastern … 628 797 806 877 910 1,004 South Western … 633 738 742 764 783 892 Midlands … 1,453 1,608 1,551 1,645 1,705 1,863 North Eastern … 1,101 1,158 1,099 1,093 1,102 1,243 North Western … 1,653 1,797 1,603 1,674 1,684 1,717 Northern … 644 635 597 555 568 654 Scotland … 1,078 1,130 1,083 1,061 1,084 1,197 Wales … 564 477 444 416 428 460 Great Britain … 9,610 10,575 10,152 10,478 10,694 11,707
Numbers of insured persons, aged 16–64, recorded as unemployed. Division. 1923. 1929. 1930. 1934. 1935. 1938. Thousands. Thousands. Thousands. Thousands. Thousands. Thousands. London … 198 111 169 214 212 221 South Eastern … 57 33 53 64 64 73. South Western … 70 55 73 101 92 71 Midlands … 165 164 274 259 223 227 North Eastern … 106 150 231 280 269 200 North Western … 297 259 512 422 402 426 Northern … 117 108 162 224 209 145 Scotland … 171 140 225 292 272 221 Wales … 35 106 149 206 190 157 Great Britain … 1,216 1,126 1,848 2,062 1,933 1,741
Notes. (1) For 1923, when persons over 65 years of age were insurable, estimates have been made of the numbers aged 16–64. (2) Juveniles under the age of 16 did not become insurable against unemployment until September, 1934, and the agricultural scheme of unemployment insurance did not come into operation until May, 1936. These classes are accordingly excluded from the figures. (3) The figures relating to persons in employment shown above are obtained by deducting from the estimated numbers insured at the beginning of July the numbers of insured persons recorded as unemployed at a date in June. The numbers of insured persons unemployed in June, 1938, were ascertained on the basis of the revised procedure for counting the unemployed, introduced in September, 1937, under which persons subsequently found to be in employment at the date of the count are excluded from the figures.