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Volume 237: debated on Friday 11 April 1930

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asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons on the live register in Cambridge; whether these include those in receipt of Poor Law relief; and what trades or industries supply the greater part of this total of unemployed?

At 31st March, 1930, there were 925 persons on the registers of the Cambridge Employment Exchange. The statistics do not enable me to say how many were in receipt of Poor Law Relief. The industries for which the greatest numbers of insured

Data.Men.Boys.Women.Girls.Total.
Plymouth.
3rd March, 19303,827111704944,736
10th March, 19303,641116681894,530
17th March, 19303,708116689874,600
24th March, 19303,866101653864,706
31st March, 19303,87199648864,704
Devonport
3rd March, 19301,61270263662,011
10th March, 19301,58366253531,955
17th March, 19301,55063243551,911
24th March, 19301,55159534541,898
31st March, 19301,64851239521,990