APPENDIX VII. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE. PERCENTAGE NUMBERS OF INSURED WORKPEOPLE IN GREAT BRITAIN UN- 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. Industry. Metal Manufacture. Pig Iron Manufacture (Blast Steel Melting and Iron Puddling 20.5 Manufacture of Tin Plates Iron and Steel Tube Making... June June June Dec. Mar. June Sept. Dec. ... 14.5 17.7 21.2 15.2 8.7 6.7 9.6 25.0 24.1 13.2 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 Wood Box and Packing Case 16.5 13.3 13.6 11.3 12.1 13.4 15.6 11.0 Furniture Making, Upholster- 7.1 6.2 5.5 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 Industry. June June June Dec. Mar. 1923. 1924. 1925. 1925. 1926. 1926. 1926. 1926. June Sept. Dec. 6.8 7.2 6.7 5.5 4.6 8.7 7.4 5.1 Cardboard Boxes, Paper Bags 7.1 6.8 6.1 4.2 5.2 6.4 and Stationery. Wall Paper Making and Paper Staining. Stationery and Typewriting Requisites (not paper). Printing, Publishing and Bookbinding. 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. |