§ 6. Mr. RHYS DAVIESasked the Minister of Labour what public schemes are at present in operation with the view of providing work for persons who would otherwise be unemployed; whether it is proposed to submit other schemes in the near future; and, if not, what steps it is proposed to adopt to deal with the unemployed during the financial year ending 31st March, 1932?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONOn 25th September there were altogether 2,700 schemes in operation, providing direct employment on that date for about 111,700 men, and, it is estimated, indirect employment for about the same number of persons. A few further schemes giving work in the coming winter will probably be sanctioned by the Unemployment Grants Committee. Allowing for the completion of some schemes and the commencement of others, the number em- 993 ployed in the coming winter will probably remain about the same as the figure I have given.