asked the Minister of Labour whether he will state the number of unemployed persons and their dependants who have left South Wales, the North-Eastern, Scottish, and North-Western Special. Areas under the various transfer schemes from the beginning to the latest available date?
The number of men, women, boys and girls transferred by the Department from each Special Area district since December, 1934, when the Special Areas (Development and Improvement) Act came into operation, is as follows:
| — | Men. | Women. | Boys. | Girls. |
| December, 1934. | ||||
| North Eastern. | 210 | 80 | 134 | 121 |
| North Western. | 24 | 25 | 30 | 21 |
| Scotland | 55 | 13 | 20 | 25 |
| South Wales | 134 | 33 | 140 | 127 |
| 423 | 151 | 324 | 294 | |
| 1935. | ||||
| North Eastern. | 5,107 | 2,182 | 1,613 | 1,451 |
| North Western. | 382 | 287 | 364 | 253 |
| Scotland | 1,263 | 350 | 234 | 301 |
| South Wales | 3,253 | 1,917 | 1,678 | 1,559 |
| 10,005 | 4,736 | 3,889 | 3,564 | |
| 1936. | ||||
| North Eastern. | 7,064 | 2,382 | 1,977 | 1,948 |
| North Western. | 512 | 278 | 432 | 336 |
| Scotland | 1,706 | 523 | 344 | 155 |
| South Wales | 5,822 | 2,676 | 3,294 | 1,966 |
| 15,104 | 5,859 | 6,047 | 4,405 | |
| 1937 (January to September inclusive). | ||||
| North Eastern. | 4,995 | 1,859 | 1,298 | 1,523 |
| North Western. | 522 | 220 | 259 | 254 |
| Scotland | 1,449 | 411 | 238 | 115 |
| South Wales | 4,507 | 1,770 | 1,650 | 1,561 |
| 11,473 | 4,260 | 3,445 | 3,453 | |
| Totals. | ||||
| North Eastern. | 17,376 | 6,503 | 5,022 | 5,043 |
| North Western. | 1,440 | 810 | 1,085 | 864 |
| Scotland | 4,473 | 1,297 | 836 | 596 |
| South Wales | 13,716 | 6,396 | 6,762 | 5,213 |
| 37,005 | 15,006 | 13,705 | 11,716 | |
Separate figures showing the number of families assisted to remove from each Special Area District are not available. Figures showing the number of families assisted to remove from all Special Areas (as distinct from the other areas scheduled for the purposes of the Industrial Transference Scheme) are available from April, 1935. From this date to September, 1937, inclusive, 14,442 removals were effected from the Special Areas, but the number of dependants included in these removals is not known.