§ 12. Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDasked the Minister of Labour the number of claims for unemployment benefit disallowed, under each cause of disqualification, and the percentage in each case to total claims, for each month of the year ending on the 31st May, 1930?
§ Miss BONDFIELDAs the reply includes a table of figures, I will, if I may, circulate a statement in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDCan the Minister of Labour give me two figures; first, how far the figure for those who were disqualified as not normally insurable compares with the figure a year ago?
§ Miss BONDFIELDI shall be obliged if the right hon. Member will await the publication of the statement.
§ Following is the statement:
2351| Claims to Benefit disallowed in Great Britain 14th May, 1929, to 12th May, 1930. | ||||||||||||||||
| — | Period 1929–30. | |||||||||||||||
| 14 May to 10 June. | 11 June to 8 July. | 9 July to 12 Aug. | 13 Aug. to 9 Sept. | 10 Sept. to 14 Oct. | 15 Oct. to 11 Nov. | 12 Nov. to 9 Dec. | 10 Dec. to 13 Jan. | 14 Jan. to 10 Feb. | 11 Feb. to 12 Mar. | 13 March to 14 April. | 15 Apl. to 12 May. | |||||
| Fresh and Renewal Claims made | … | … | 713,616 | 705,716 | 892,089 | 693,912 | 923,212 | 742,863 | 761,037 | 1,044,966 | 800,845 | 883,628 | 1,164,998 | 897,003 | ||
| Grounds of Disallowance. | Disallowances by Insurance Officers and by Courts of Referees on 78 day Review. | Disallowances by Courts of Referees. | ||||||||||||||
| Not unable to obtain suitable employment. | Number | … | 3,344 | 3,106 | 3,760 | 2,666 | 3,139 | 3,122 | 3,205 | 3,643 | 3,520 | 3,018 | Not in operation. | |||
| Percentage of total claims made. | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | ||||||
| Failure or refusal to apply for or accept suitable employment, or failure to carry out written directions. | Number | … | Not in operation. | 2,264 | 2,876 | |||||||||||
| Percentage | 0.2 | 0.3 | ||||||||||||||
| Not genuinely seeking work | Number | … | 23,896 | 23,902 | 26,105 | 21,500 | 18,356 | 12,944 | 12,425 | 13,212 | 12,947 | 8,145 | Not in operation. | |||
| Percentage | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.9 | ||||||
| Trade disputes | … | … | Number | … | 401 | 252 | 36,651 | 21,235 | 3,093 | 1,509 | 963 | 361 | 719 | 953 | — | — |
| Percentage | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
| Employment lost through misconduct. | Number | … | 3,932 | 4,289 | 5,135 | 4,569 | 5,929 | 4,270 | 4,440 | 4,723 | 5,069 | 5,488 | 3,534 | 3,756 | ||
| Percentage | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | ||||
| Employment left voluntarily without just cause. | Number | … | 6,959 | 7,760 | 9,035 | 7,828 | 11,238 | 8,575 | 8,152 | 7,372 | 8,463 | 9,082 | 5,804 | 6,313 | ||
| Percentage | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.7 | ||||
| Not normally insurable and not seeking to obtain a livelihood by means of insurable employment. | Number | … | 1,133 | 1,054 | 1,084 | 1,204 | 20,030 | 28,542 | ||||||||
| Percentage | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 3.2 | ||||||||||
| 11,289 | 10,071 | 8,685 | 9,913 | 9,634 | 8,594 | |||||||||||
| 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
| Not a reasonable period of insurable employed during preceding two years. | Number | … | 8,235 | 7,943 | 9,185 | 8,320 | Not in operation. | |||||||||
| Percentage | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | ||||||||||||
| Other grounds | … | … | Number | … | 2,390 | 2,325 | 3,110 | 3,207 | 4,200 | 3,328 | 3,373 | 4,337 | 3,838 | 3,810 | 7,182 | 7,381 |
| Percentage | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | ||||
| TOTAL | … | … | Number | … | 50,290 | 50,631 | 94,065 | 70,529 | 57,244 | 43,819 | 41,243 | 43,561 | 44,190 | 39,090 | 38,814 | 48,868 |
| Percentage | 7.1 | 7.0 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 5.4 |