Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment. – in the House of Commons at on 24 April 1929.
The following table gives the numbers and percentages of insured persons classified as belonging to the building industry in Great Britain recorded as unemployed, in January of each year since 1924, and at 25th March, 1929, the latest date for which figures are available:
| Date. | Number Unemployed. | Percentage Unemployed. |
| 22nd January, 1923 | Comparable statistics not available | |
| 28th January, 1924 | 105,546 | 15.0 |
| 26th January, 1925 | 91,818 | 12.9 |
| 25th January, 1926 | 107,411 | 14.4 |
| 24th January, 1927 | 111,607 | 14.8 |
| 23rd January, 1928* | 137,401 | 17.3 |
| 21st January, 1929 | 159,219 | 19.8 |
| 25th March, 1929 | 101,069 | 12.6 |
| * From this date the figures relate to persons aged 16 to 64; previously the figures included persons aged 65 years and over. For practical purposes the percentages are comparable throughout. |
