APPENDIX VII. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE. PERCENTAGE NUMBERS OF INSURED WORKPEOPLE IN GREAT BRITAIN UN June June June June Mar. June Sept. Dec. 1923. 1924. 1925. 1926. 1927. 1927. 1927. 1927. Coke Ovens and By-Product 6.6 6.7 13.7 66.1 11.9 Artificial Stone and Concrete 13.9 13.7 13.3 17.6 9.5 13.1 12.8 11.5 12.8 11.9 16.3 The figures for June, 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. Industry. Metal Manufacture. Pig Iron Manufacture (Blast Steel Melting and Iron Puddling 20-5 June June June June Mar. June Sept. Dec. 1923. 1924. 1925. 1926. 1927. 1927. 1927. 1927. 9.4 13.5 19.4 70.2 12.5 12.8 15.2 14.1 16.5 Manufacture of Tin Plates ... 3.7 Iron and Steel Tube Making... 15.4 Wire, Wire Netting, Wire Rope Manufacture. 6.8 5.8 19.6 Industry. Textile Trades. Cotton ... Woollen and Worsted June June June June Mar. June Sept. Dec. 1923. 1924. 1925. 1926. 1927. 1927. 1927. 1927. 21.2 15.2 8.7 25.0 5.9 7.0 9.3 10.0 Industry. Printing and Paper Trades. Paper and Paper Board Making Cardboard Boxes, Paper Bags and Stationery. June June June June Mar. June Sept. Dec. 1923. 1924. 1925. 1926. 1927. 1927. 1927. 1927. Wall Paper Making and Paper Staining. Stationery and Typewriting Requisites (not paper). Building and Construction Printing, Publishing Bookbinding. of Works. Transport and Communication. Railway Service Tramway and Omnibus Service Other Road Transport Shipping Service Canal, River, Dock and Harbour Service. Other Transport and Communication and Storage. Distributive Trades 5.9 4.9 5.4 18.9 5.8 4.1 4.5 5.2 2.8 2.9 ... 21.6 15.9 14.2 3.4 5.1 3.9 2.8 2.8 17.6 14.4 12.9 14.3 12.6 10.4 10.1 11.1 17.5 16.2 19.9 22.8 16.8 14.9 13.7 17.4 25.6 25.1 30.5 32.3 26.9 24.3 22.2 24.5 14.9 3.2 11.3 10.7 13.8 12.8 Commerce, Banking, Insurance and Finance. 5.7 6.0 6.1 4.3 3.9 3.2 6.6 5.9 3.0 2.6 2.2 4.6 4.8 4.7 2.1 2.2 APPENDIX VIII. UNEMPLOYMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN, 1926-1927. PERCENTAGES UNEMPLOYED AMONG WORKPEOPLE COVERED BY THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACTS, AND TOTAL NUMBERS OF PERSONS (INSURED AND UNINSURED) REGISTERED AT EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES. 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. Insured persons in the coal mining industry who were disqualified for unemployment benefit by reason of the dispute in that industry are excluded from the statistics. |