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Sir R. GOWER
asked the Minister of Labour what are the latest figures showing the number of unemployed persons registered in each Employment Exchange area in the county of Kent and the comparable figures for the same period last year and the year 1928, respectively?
Miss BONDFIELD
The following table shows the numbers of persons on the registers of each Employment Exchange in the county of Kent at 27th October, 1930, and the corresponding dates in 1929 and 1928.
| Employment Exchange. | 27th October, 1930. | 28th October, 1929. | 29th October, 1928. |
| Bromley | 679 | 409 | 442 |
| Canterbury | 686 | 395 | 352 |
| Dartford | 1,849 | 913 | 1,045 |
| Dover | 1,357 | 963 | 1,051 |
| Erith | 1,566 | 800 | 762 |
| Folkestone | 882 | 544 | 631 |
| Gravesend | 1,947 | 1,356 | 1,188 |
| Maidstone | 1,275 | 598 | 585 |
| Margate | 1,280 | 1,023 | 920 |
| Ramsgate | 1,621 | 1,279 | 972 |
| Chatham | 4,521 | 3,634 | 3,731 |
| Sheerness | 665 | 524 | 486 |
| Tunbridge Wells | 582 | 361 | 397 |
| Ashford | 408 | 256 | 300 |
| Borough Green (opened 1st July, 1929). | 37 | 20 | — |
| Cranbrook | 81 | 44 | 57 |
| Deal | 305 | 224 | 218 |
| Faversham | 644 | 284 | 320 |
| Herne Bay | 138 | 84 | 95 |
| Hythe | 164 | 77 | 93 |
| Lamberhurst | 69 | 18 | 29 |
| Orpington | 160 | 101 | 121 |
| Sandwich | 109 | 70 | 86 |
| Sevenoaks | 154 | 86 | 67 |
| Sidcup | 217 | 120 | 161 |
| Sittingbourne | 540 | 265 | 465 |
| Snodland | 501 | 263 | 87 |
| Tonbridge | 303 | 187 | 194 |
| Westerham | 123 | 48 | 30 |
| West Malling | 91 | 76 | 44 |
| Whitstable | 239 | 137 | 106 |
| Penge | 1,333 | 708 | 719 |
| Total | 24,526 | 15,867 | 15,748 |