Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment. – in the House of Commons am ar 5 Hydref 1931.
| Persons on the Registers of the Rochdale Employment Exchange. | ||||
| — | Numbers on the registers at 21st September, 1931, with claims admitted or under consideration. | Number with claims authorised for transitional benefit at 21st September, 1931. | Numbers in receipt of benefit other than transitional benefit at 14th September, 193], who had received 156 days or more in their current benefit years. | |
| Men | … | 7,854 | 1,373 | 1,243 |
| Young Men | … | 539 | ||
| Women. | … | 6,328 | 1,259 | 1,509 |
| Young Women | … | 682 | ||
| Boys | … | 332 | — | — |
| Girls | … | 324 | ||
| Total | … | 16,059 | 2,632 | 2,752 |
