Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment. – in the House of Commons at on 5 October 1931.
| Numbers of persons on the registers of Employment Exchanges in certain towns. | ||
| Town. | 27th July, 1931. | 21st Sept., 1931. |
| London (County and City). | 180,059 | 190,427 |
| Glasgow | 117,103 | 126,305 |
| Birmingham | 71,457 | 74,980 |
| Liverpool | 73,977 | 77,493 |
| Manchester | 64,121 | 67,871 |
| Sheffield | 57,769 | 58,334 |
| Leeds | 38,840 | 44,220 |
| Edinburgh | 20,617 | 22,987 |
| Bristol | 20,091 | 21,548 |
| Hull | 17,992 | 18,576 |
