§ 10. Mr. LOUIS SMITHasked the Minister of Labour the estimated percentage of vacancies filled by Employment Exchanges in the last 12 months for which figures are available; whether this percentage shows any signs of increase; and whether she can state the percentage of the entire cost of running the Employment Exchanges which can be credited to the filling of such vacancies?
§ Miss BONDFIELDThe proportion of vacancies filled to vacancies notified to the Employment Exchanges was 88.1 per cent. during the period 25th June, 1929, to 7th July, 1930, as compared with 87.6 per cent. in the preceding 12 months. I regret it is not possible to give a figure for the proportion of the total cost of the Employment Exchanges which should be allocated to their work as placing agencies.
§ 8. Sir ASSHETON POWNALL(for Sir ARTHUR STEEL-MAITLAND) asked the Minister of Labour what has been the decrease in the number of uninsured persons registering at the end of June as compared with the same time last year, and what is the reason for the decrease?
§ Miss BONDFIELDAt 23rd June, 1930, there were 62,433 uninsured persons on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain as compared with 65,591 at 24th June, 1929. Precise information with regard to the cause of the decrease is not available. It is probably due to the effect of the new Act in bringing into benefit a number of persons who were previously ineligible and not known to be insured.