§ 65 and 66. Mr. COLMANasked the Minister of Labour (1) whether, taking the 12 most populous towns in the country, exclusive of London, she can state the amount of unemployment benefit which was paid in the latest week for 873 which she has statistics in each of the towns mentioned;
(2.) if she will state the 12 cities or towns in the country of 20,000 persons or over, exclusive of London, which have the largest proportions of unemployed to their respective total population on the latest date for which statistics are available, giving in each case the total of unemployed, the percentage formed by the number of insured persons, the number of those receiving unemployment benefit, and the population as a whole?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of LABOUR (Mr. Lawson)I am having the information asked for in these questions collected, and will circulate a statement in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Mr. COLMANWhile I quite appreciate that the information may take some time to prepare, if it is available could we be given now the answer to Question Number 65?
§ Mr. LAWSONNo. The material asked for in Question Number 65 is in very much the same position as that in Number 66. It is not so complicated, but nevertheless it would take a lot of work, and it is related to Number 66, too.