PERCENTAGE NUMBERS OF INSURED WORKPEOPLE RECORDED AS FROM SEPTEMBER, 1912,

December..

No percentage figures available. Out of Work Donation Scheme in operations.

December

UNEMPLOYED IN UNITED KINGDOM, CLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIES, TO OCTOBER, 1920.

As the National Insurance (Part II) (Munition Workers) Act did not come into operation until October, 1916, statistics for the industries covered by the Act are not available for earlier dates.

The percentages in this Table include, in addition to workpeople wholly unemployed, those whose Unemployment If a due proportion of persons working systematic short time in such a way as to qualify for Unemployment Benefit were 13 8; 22.5; 15.4; 19.5; 17-8; 16.1; 14.8; 14.5; 12.8.

UNEMPLOYED,* CLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIES AT QUARTERLY INTERVALS
TO MARCH, 1923.

Books were lodged because they were temporarily suspended or stood off; but they exclude persons working short time. included, the percentages for all the above industries combined for each of the months given above would be respectively:

The percentages in this Table include, in addition to workpeople wholly unemployed, those whose Unemployment If a due proportion of persons working systematic short time in such a way as to qualify for Unemployment Benefit were 19.4; 220; 11∙1; 14·1; 11-6; 7-3; 6.9; 81; 8.6.