§ 39. Mr. TINKERasked the Home Secretary the number of individual cases from Lancashire where workmen have not received their compensation in full owing to the colliery company not being insured to meet their liabilities under the Workmen's Compensation Act?
§ Mr. CLYNESI am not aware of any cases of this kind having occurred recently in Lancashire, but I am making further inquiries. If any such cases have come to the notice of my hon. Friend, I should be very glad if he would furnish me with particulars.
§ 40. Mr. TINKERasked the Home Secretary the total amount of compensation paid to workmen under the Workmen's Compensation Act for the years 1928 and 1929?
§ Mr. CLYNESReturns under the Workmen's Compensation Act are called for only from employers in seven great groups of industries, namely, mines, quarries, railways, factories, docks, constructional work, and shipping. The returns show that the total amount of compensation paid to workmen or their dependants in these industries was in 1928, £6,457,273, and in 1929, £6,569,918. I regret that figures for the other industries and employments under the Act are not available.