§ Mr. Lyonsasked the Minister of Labour whether he will give the figures of unemployment in the boot and shoe industry for the whole country, and for the city of Leicester, respectively, at the latest convenient date, and the numbers registered for employment in that industry in each instance at that time?
§ Mr. E. BrownThe following table shows, for Great Britain and for Leicester, (a) the estimated numbers of insured persons, aged 14–64, in the boot and shoe industry at July, 1939, and (b) the numbers of such persons recorded as unemployed at 12th February, 1940. Particulars of the total numbers of insured persons in the industry are not available for any date later than July, 1939.
— Great Britain. Leicester. Estimated number insured at July, 1939. 147,410 20,640 Insured persons recorded as unemployed at 12th February, 1940. 6,814 527 The figures cover boot, shoe, slipper and clog manufacture and repairing; separate figures are not available for boot and shoe manufacture.