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Sir A. STEEL-MAITLAND
asked the Minister of Labour what was the debt on the Unemployment Fund at 1st January, 1924, 1st November, 1924, 1st July, 1925, 1st May, 1926, 1st January, 1927, 1st July, 1927, 1st January, 1928, 1st July, 1928, 1st January, 1929, 1st June, 1929, 1st July, 1929, 1st November, 1929, 1st January, 1930, 1st March, 1930, and the latest date for which figures are available?
Miss BONDFIEILD
The debt of the Unemployment Fund to the Treasury at the dates referred to was:
| £ | ||
| 1st January, 1924 | … | 12,790,000 |
| 1st November, 1924 | … | 5,060,000 |
| 1st July, 1925 | … | 8,100,000 |
| 1st May, 1926 | … | 7,470,000 |
| 1st January, 1927 | … | 22,640,000 |
| 1st July, 1927 | … | 23,970,000 |
| 1st January, 1928 | … | 23,180,000 |
| 1st July, 1928 | … | 25,680,000 |
| 1st January, 1929 | … | 31,720,000 |
| 1st June, 1929 | … | 36,870,000 |
| 1st July, 1929 | … | 36,620,000 |
| 1st November, 1929 | … | 36,640,000 |
| 1st January, 1930 | … | 37,850,000 |
| 1st March, 1930 | … | 37,200,000 |
| 22nd March, 1930 | … | 37,680,000 |
| WEEKLY average number of persons on the registers of the Lincoln Employment Exchange in each month from January, 1921, to February, 1930, inclusive. | ||||||||||||
| Month. | 1921. | 1922. | 1923. | 1924. | 1925. | 1926. | 1927. | 1928. | 1929. | 1930. | ||
| January | … | … | 3,696 | 7,921 | 4,868 | 4,277 | 2,959 | 2,300 | 2,697 | 2,298 | 2,478 | 3,514 |
| February | … | … | 4,870 | 7,619 | 4,536 | 3,977 | 3,067 | 2,168 | 2,415 | 2,187 | 2,474 | 3,488 |
| March | … | … | 5,728 | 7,351 | 4,275 | 3,278 | 2,859 | 2,091 | 2,120 | 1,963 | 2,117 | — |
| April | … | … | 6,722 | 6,680 | 3,819 | 3,004 | 2,752 | 1,990 | 1,875 | 1,803 | 1,898 | — |
| May | … | … | 8,168 | 6,267 | 3,349 | 3,069 | 2,823 | 2,251 | 1,657 | 1,641 | 1,856 | — |
| June | … | … | 8,761 | 6,751 | 3,247 | 2,929 | 2,528 | 2,519 | 1,567 | 1,612 | 1,882 | — |
| July | … | … | 6,639 | 6,696 | 3,281 | 2,785 | 2,412 | 2,607 | 1,663 | 1,691 | 2,014 | — |
| August | … | … | 5,749 | 5,484 | 3,513 | 2,723 | 2,570 | 2,706 | 1,611 | 1,879 | 2,086 | — |
| September | … | … | 5,914 | 5,680 | 3.837 | 2,860 | 2,630 | 2,763 | 1,625 | 1,974 | 2,368 | — |
| October | … | … | 6,054 | 5,430 | 3,868 | 2,819 | 2,283 | 2,753 | 1,629 | 1,795 | 2,353 | — |
| November | … | … | 6,606 | 5,257 | 3,933 | 2,895 | 2,201 | 2,887 | 1,798 | 2,003 | 2,405 | — |
| December | … | … | 7,789 | 5,039 | 4,105 | 2,782 | 2,145 | 2,834 | 1,903 | 2,209 | 2,701 | — |