25. Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSONasked the Minister el Labour the number of applications for extended benefit in the Middlesbrough area during the last three months; the number granted and refused; and similar figures for the corresponding period a year ago?
§ The MINISTER of LABOUR (Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland)During the three months ended 14th February, 1927, 18,043 applications for extended benefit were considered by the Middlesbrough Local Employment Committee, of which 16,480 were recommended for allowance and 1,583 for disallowance. The corresponding figures for the three months ended 8th February, 1926, were- 12,467 applications, 10,628 allowances and 1,839 disallowances.