8. Major OWENasked the Minister of Labour the number of persons in the county of Carnarvon who were refused unemployment benefit on the grounds of not genuinely seeking work for the six months ended 31st December, 1928, and for the six months ended 31st December, 1929?
§ Miss BONDFIELDDuring the period 9th July, 1929, to 13th January, 1930, 102 applications for benefit made at Employment Exchanges m the county of Carnarvon were disallowed by insurance officers on the ground "not genuinely seeking work," and 78 cases were recommended for disallowance on the same ground by courts of referees on review after payment of 78 days' benefit. For the period 10th July, 1928, to 14th January, 1929, there were 257 disallowance" by insurance officers and 100 by courts of referees on the same ground.
§ Miss BONDFIELDThere is a decrease.
9. Major OWENasked the Minister of Labour the numbers and the percentages of the unemployed on the registers of the local Exchanges in the county of Carnarvon at the end of January, 1929, and at the end of January, 1930?
§ Miss BONDFIELDAt 13th January, 1930, there were 3,037 persons, representing 13.1 per cent. of the insured population, on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Carnarvonshire as compared with 2,498 (or 11.0 per cent. of the insured population) at 14th January, 1929.