§ 25. Brigadier - General CLIFTON BROWNasked the Minister of Labour how many cases have there been in 1930 where the Ministry of Labour has prosecuted recipients of unemployment insurance for irregularity connected therewith; and how many such cases were brought before magistrates or any other court in 1928?
§ Miss BONDFIELDIn the nine months ended the 30th September, 1930, the
§ of persons unemployed in the Newcastle-on-Tyne area in June, 1929, and at the present time?
§ Miss BONDFIELDAs the reply is in the form of a table, I will, if I may, circulate a statement in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Sir N. GRATTAN-DOYLECan the right hon. Lady say whether Newburn is included in the Newcastle area?
§ Miss BONDFIELDThe district covered by the question is Newcastle-on-Tyne, Elswick and Heaton. Those are the districts.
§ Sir N. GRATTAN-DOYLECannot the right hon. Lady give the gross figures for the area I have asked for, without going into details?
§ Miss BONDFIELDCertainly. The total on the 24th June, 1929, was 15,533; and on the 27th October, 1930, 22,451.
§ Sir N. GRATTAN-DOYLECould the right hon. Lady give the number of unemployed in the Newburn area?
§ Miss BONDFIELDNo.
§ Sir N. GRATTAN-DOYLEI beg to give notice that I shall raise this question on the Motion for the Adjournment on the earliest suitable occasion.
§ Following is the statement:
§ Ministry prosecuted 667 claimants: in 35 cases the summonses were dismissed. The figures for the 12 months of 1928 were 1,233 and 77 respectively.
§ Sir A. POWNALLAre we to assume that there were convictions on balance in something like 600 of these cases?
§ Miss BONDFIELDYes.
§ Mr. STEPHENIs that 600 out of over 2,000,000 who are unemployed?