§ 24. Sir J. POWERasked the Minister of Labour for the latest available dates, the number of persons on the live register of the Employment Exchanges who were 1751 in receipt of benefit; and the number not in receipt of benefit?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDStatistics are not available regarding the number of persons on the live register who are actually in receipt of benefit. At 21st January, 1929, out of a total of 1,425,620 persons on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain, 1,222,201 had claims to benefit admitted or under consideration, leaving a balance of 203,419 who had no such claims. I should add that, while there are no exact statistics on the point, a considerable proportion of non-claimants are not insured persons.