Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment. – in the House of Commons at on 6 February 1929.
Sir Nicholas Grattan-Doyle
, Newcastle upon Tyne North
asked the Minister of Labour what is the number of unemployed in Newcastle-on-Tyne; and what is the percentage of unemployment there among insured workers?
Mr Arthur Steel-Maitland
, Birmingham Erdington
At 21st January, 1929, there were 20,530 persons on the registers of the Employment Exchanges at Newcastle-on-Tyne, Elswick and Heaton and the percentage rate of unemployment among insured persons in the area was 20.3.
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