HC Deb 14 March 1940 vol 358 cc1390-1W
Mr. Lyons

asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons registered for employment in the hosiery and underwear trades who were unemployed, wholly or in part, in the whole country and in the city of Leicester, respectively, at the latest convenient date, and the percentage these figures represent, respectively, of the industry's employment at that time?

Mr. E. Brown

The following table shows the numbers of insured persons, aged 16x2013;64, in the hosiery (including hosiery underwear) industry, recorded as unemployed (a) in Great Britain and (b) at Leicester, at 12th February, 1940, and the percentages those numbers represent of the estimated numbers insured at July, 1939:

— Great Britain. Leicester.
Insured persons, aged 16–64 years:
Wholly unemployed:
Number 2,337 175
Per cent. 1.9 0.6
Temporarily stopped:
Number 1,816 293
Per cent. 1.6 0.9