asked the Minister of Labour the number of employed persons in this country who are not insured against unemployment?

Statistics are not available showing the number of employed persons who are not insured against unemployment; but, according to the population Census of 1921, the total number of employed persons aged 12 years and upwards in Great Britain was approximately 17,403,000, of whom it is estimated that less than a million are under the age of 16, and the estimated number of persons aged 16 years and upwards in Great Britain who were insured under the Unemployment Insurance Acts at July, 1921, was 11,429,000.