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Sir DOUGLAS NEWTON
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?
Miss BONDFIELD
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, 1930 | … | 3,827 | 111 | 704 | 94 | 4,736 |
10th March, 1930 | … | 3,641 | 116 | 681 | 89 | 4,530 |
17th March, 1930 | … | 3,708 | 116 | 689 | 87 | 4,600 |
24th March, 1930 | … | 3,866 | 101 | 653 | 86 | 4,706 |
31st March, 1930 | … | 3,871 | 99 | 648 | 86 | 4,704 |
Devonport | ||||||
3rd March, 1930 | … | 1,612 | 70 | 263 | 66 | 2,011 |
10th March, 1930 | … | 1,583 | 66 | 253 | 53 | 1,955 |
17th March, 1930 | … | 1,550 | 63 | 243 | 55 | 1,911 |
24th March, 1930 | … | 1,551 | 59 | 534 | 54 | 1,898 |
31st March, 1930 | … | 1,648 | 51 | 239 | 52 | 1,990 |