§ 18. Mr. SEXTONasked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed persons, male and female, transferred from Poor Law relief to the live unemployed register during the past six months; and what effect, if any, this has had upon the apparent increase?
§ Miss BONDFIELDI regret that statistics giving the information desired are not available. I should, perhaps, explain that able-bodied persons drawing outdoor relief are for the most part on the Exchange register, so that, if there has been a transfer from relief to benefit, this would not show itself, except to a small extent, in the register figures.