APPENDIX VII.

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.

PERCENTAGE NUMBERS OF INSURED WORKPEOPLE IN GREAT BRITAIN UN-
EMPLOYED (AS INDICATED BY THE NUMBERS OF UNEMPLOYMENT BOOKS
LODGED).

Industry.

June June June Dec. Mar. June Sept. Dec. 1923. 1924. 1925. 1925. 1926. 1926. 1926. 1926.

*The figures for June, September and December, 1926, include only those persons who were not disqualified for benefit under the Unemployment Insurance Acts by reason of the dispute in the coal mining industry which commenced on 1st May, 1926.

June June June Dec. Mar. June Sept. Dec.
1923. 1924. 1925. 1925. 1926. 1926. 1926. 1926.

June June June Dec. Mar. June Sept. Dec.
1923. 1924. 1925. 1925. 1926. 1926. 1926. 1926.

...

14.5

17.7

21.2 15.2 8.7 6.7 9.6 25.0 24.1 13.2
6.8 5.8
19.6 8.8 10.2 24.9
6.3 4.3 7.1 10.8
8.7 11.9
11.9 18.9

17.2 11.0

11.8

10.4

10.2 20.4

28.0

13.0

...

...

Making.

Bread, Biscuit, Cake, etc., 10.4 8.7 8.0 7.7 8.2 7.5

10.6 10.2 9.8 11.7 9.8 8.9 10.5 11.4
6.6 6.4 5.8 5.5 5.9 6.4 6.7 6.4
7.3 6.1 3.8 4.8 4.5 4.1 3.6

Wood Box and Packing Case 16.5 13.3 13.6 11.3 12.1 13.4 15.6 11.0
Making.

Furniture Making, Upholster- 7.1 6.2 5.5
ing, etc.

4.9 5.8 8.5 7.3 6.5

Other Woodworking ...

...

13.3 10.2 10.7 8.7 9.0 14.4 13.3 9.7

APPENDIX VIII.

UNEMPLOYMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN AND

NORTHERN IRELAND, 1925-1926.

PERCENTAGES UNEMPLOYED (a) AMONG WORKPEOPLE COVERED BY THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACTS, AND (b) AMONG MEMBERS OF CERTAIN TRADE UNIONS WHICH PAY OUT-OF-WORK BENEFIT TO THEIR MEMBERS AND MAKE REGULAR RETURNS ΤΟ THE DEPARTMENT, AND TOTAL NUMBERS OF PERSONS (INSURED AND UNINSURED) REGISTERED AT EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES. (Cf. Appendices VI and VII which refer to Great Britain only.)

* Including workpeople on systems of short time working not actually at work on the dates to which the returns relate. The percentages have been calculated on revised estimates of the numbers of insured workpeople.

§ At 22nd December, 1924.

At 21st December, 1925.

At 20th December, 1926.