Mr. DAVIDSONasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total number of registered unemployed men and women and the total amount of public assistance relief in Scotland for the years 1933 and 1935, respectively?
§ Mr. ELLIOTThe average numbers of men and women aged 18 years and over registered as unemployed at Employment Exchanges in Scotland in the year 1933 were 294,085 men and 51,455 women and in the year 1935, 245,330 men and 44,196 women. The total amount of public assistance relief to outdoor and indoor sane poor in Scotland during the year 1932–33 was £4,676,800 and during the year 1934–35, £6,563,555.