HC Deb 21 March 1928 vol 215 cc368-70
21. Mr. SHORT

asked the Minister of Labour the total number of claims for extended benefit in each month of 1927; the number of claims disallowed; and how many claims for unemployment benefit were rejected during 1927, with an analysis of the reasons for rejection?

Sir A. STEEL-MAITLAND

As the reply includes a number of figures, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate a statement in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the statement:

*APPLICATIONS for Extended Benefit considered by Local Employment Committees in Great Britain during each of the 12 months ended 16th January, 1928.
— 11th Jan.,1927 to 14th Feb., 1927. l5th Feb., 1927 to 14th mar., 1927. l5th Mar., 1927 to 11th Apl., 1927. 12th Apl., 1927 to 9th May., 1927. 10th May, 1927 to 13th June., 1927. 14th June, 1927 to 11th July., 1927. 12th July, 1927 to 8th Aug., 1927. 9th Aug., 1927 to 12th Sep., 1927. 13th Sep., 1927 to 10th Oct., 1927. 11th Oct., 1927 to 14th Nov., 1927. 15th Nov., 1927 to 12th Dec., 1927. 13th Dec., 1927 to 16th Jan., 1927.
Applications considered 404,607 280,746 257,770 220,198 271,942 239,379 225,267 306,414 242,404 317,832 276,507 321,525
Applications admitted 330,803 225,353 205,737 175,713 217,121 193,089 184,514 255,765 202,186 266,738 235,853 280,432
Applications recommended for disallowance. 73,804 55,393 52,033 44,485 54,821 46,290 40,753 50,649 40,218 51,094 40,654 41,093
Grounds of disallowance:
Not normally insurable and not seeking to obtain a livelihood by means of insurable employment. 4,213 2,541 2,459 1,684 2,193 1,851 1,610 2,298 2,266 3,311 2,773 2,836
Insurable employment not likely to be available. 2,360 1,908 1,816 1,794 2,480 2,026 1,738 2,247 1,717 2,106 1,347 1,054
Not a reasonable period of insurable employment during the preceeding two years. 25,706 18,671 16,911 14,467 17,254 13,956 12,608 17,388 14,416 18,231 14,151 13,916
Not making every reasonable effort to obtain suitable employment or not willing to accept suitable employment. 16,794 12,801 12,247 10,316 12,451 9,484 8,930 12,099 9,983 12,667 10,300 10,946
Single persons residing with relatives. 11,241 7,787 7,099 5,645 6,579 5,722 5,754 8,283 6,219 8,061 6,639 7,069
Married women who could look for support from their husbands. 2,951 1,856 1,731 1,508 1,827 1,537 1,750 2,515 1,864 2,240 1,862 1,961
Married men who could look for support from their wives. 374 292 361 251 627 265 266 423 359 480 425 390
Working short time but earning sufficient for maintenance. 7,544 7,405 7,624 7,428 9,615 10,049 6,835 3,829 2,062 2,402 1,895 1,458
Aliens 18 13 12 5 11 6 8 11 6 3 3 10
Postponed for a definite period. 2,603 2,119 1,773 1,387 1,784 1,394 1,254 1,556 1,326 1,593 1,259 1,453
*Statistics are not available regarding the number of separate individuals concerned in these applications nor with regard to the disallowance of claims for standard benefit.