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Mr. Jenkins
asked the Minister of Labour whether he can state the total number of registered unemployed at the Employment Exchanges of Blaenavon, Pontypool and Pontnewydd, for each month from January, 1937, to the most recent date?
Mr. E. Brown
The following table shows the numbers of unemployed persons, aged 14 and over, on the registers of the Blaenavon, Pontypool and Pontnewydd Employment Exchanges at one date in each month from January, 1937, to November, 1938.
| Date. | Blaenavon. | Pontypool (including Abersychan). | Pontnewydd. |
| 1937. | |||
| 25th January | 1,124 | 3,939 | 1,202 |
| 22nd February | 1,101 | 3,647 | 1,045 |
| 15th March | 1,087 | 3,642 | 1,017 |
| 19th April | 1,069 | 3,584 | 990 |
| 24th May | 988 | 3,726 | 2,059 |
| 21st June | 929 | 3,417 | 967 |
| 26th July | 886 | 3,379 | 1,048 |
| 23rd August | 874 | 3,388 | 2,063 |
| 13th September | 834 | 3,566 | 907 |
| 18th October | 865 | 2.941 | 946 |
| 15th November | 875 | 3,232 | 997 |
| 13th December | 882 | 3,367 | 980 |
| 1938. | |||
| 17th January | 935 | 3,995 | 958 |
| 14th February | 844 | 3,927 | 1,307 |
| 14th March | 881 | 3,352 | 1,165 |
| 4th April | 840 | 3,492 | 1,372 |
| 16th May | 890 | 3,899 | 1,263 |
| 13th June | 926 | 4,115 | 1,231 |
| 18th July | 860 | 3,972 | 1,392 |
| 15th August | 861 | 4,130 | 1,474 |
| 12th September | 865 | 3,738 | 1,443 |
| 17th October | 795 | 4,136 | 1,181 |
| 14th November | 778 | 3,302 | 1,631 |