§ 40. Mr. D. GRENFELL (for Mr. G. HALL)asked the Minister of Labour the number of applications for extended benefit that have been rejected in each of the Employment Exchanges in Glamorganshire during the past three months on the grounds of being unable to satisfy the requirements specified in paragraph 2 of U.I. 503A?
§ Mr. BETTERTONAs the reply necessarily includes a number of figures, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate a statement in the OFFICIAL REPORT,
§ Following is the statement promised: 1667
| NUMBER of APPLICATIONS for extended benefit recommended for disallowance during the period 12th January, 1926, to 12th April, by Local Employment Committees in Glamorganshire. | ||||||
| Area. | Not normally insurable. | Insurable employment not likely to be available. | Not reasonable period of insurable employment. | Not making reasonable efforts to secure employment. | Total. | |
| Aberdare | … | 1 | 15 | 38 | 36 | 90 |
| Bargoed | … | — | 1 | 69 | 27 | 97 |
| Barry | … | 6 | 13 | 67 | 221 | 307 |
| Bute Docks and Penarth Docks | … | — | 1 | 122 | 90 | 213 |
| Cardiff | … | 11 | 28 | 69 | 573 | 681 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | … | 13 | 50 | 84 | 148 | 295 |
| Mountain Ash | … | 2 | 11 | 27 | 40 | 80 |
| Neath | … | 1 | 3 | 21 | 46 | 71 |
| Pontypridd | … | 19 | 10 | 103 | 75 | 207 |
| Port Talbot | … | 15 | 15 | 27 | 114 | 171 |
| Swansea | … | 15 | 20 | 122 | 257 | 414 |
| Swansea Docks | … | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 18 |
| Total—Glamorganshire | … | 84 | 168 | 753 | 1,639 | 2,644 |
§ The total number of applications for extended benefit recommended by those committees for allowance during the period was 44,449.