§ 3 Dr. MORRIS-JONESasked the Minister of Labour the number of persons in the county of Denbigh, in the Colwyn Bay Urban District, who were refused unemployment benefit on the grounds of not genuinely seeking work for the six months ending 31st December, 1929?
§ Miss BONDFIELDDuring the period 9th July, 1929, to 13th January, 1930, 24 applications for benefit made at the Colwyn Bay Employment Exchange were disallowed by insurance officers on the ground "not genuinely seeking work," and 14 cases were recommended for disallowance on the same ground by courts of referees on review after payment of 78 days' benefit.
§ 8. Mr. BUCHANANasked the Minister of Labour the total number of persons 1549 refused benefit for any reason during the four months ended 10th January, 1930, and the same figures for the same period 12 months before?
§ Miss BONDFIELDDuring the four months ended 13th January, 1930, 169,399 applications for benefit made at Employment Exchanges in Great Britain were disallowed by insurance officers, and 16,468 cases were recommended for disallowance by courts of referees on review after payment of 78 days' benefit. The corresponding figures for the four months ended 14th January, 1929, were 231,090 disallowances by insurance officers and 26,807 by courts of referees.
§ 23. Mr. STEPHENasked the Minister of Labour the number of claims for unemployment benefit which have been refused on the ground that the claimant does not satisfy the statutory condition, unable to obtain suitable employment, for each month since September, 1929, to the end of January, 1930, and the corresponding figures for the previous years?
§ Miss BONDFIELDAs the reply includes a number of figures I will, if I may, circulate a statement in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the statement: Disallowances of claims to benefit by Insurance Officers on the ground "Not unable to obtain suitable employment" in Great Britain.
| Period. | |
| Four weeks, 10th September, 1928, to 8th October, 1928 | 2,876 |
| Five weeks, 9th October, 1928, to 12th November, 1928 | 3,533 |
| Four weeks, 13th November, 1928, to 10th December, 1928 | 2,845 |
| Five weeks, 11th December, 1928, to 14th January, 1929 | 2,856 |
| Five weeks, 10th September, 1929, to 14th October, 1929 | 3,139 |
| Four weeks, 15th October, 1929, to 11th November, 1929 | 3,122 |
| Four weeks, 12th November, 1929, to 9th December, 1929 | 3,205 |
| Five weeks, 10th December, 1929, to 13th January, 1930 | 3,643 |
§ Note.—In a number of cases the decisions were reversed on appeal to Courts of Referees.