HC Deb 26 May 1932 vol 266 c522
18. Mr. LAWSON

asked the Minister of Labour the total number of persons who are registered as unemployed but receiving neither benefit or transition payments?

Sir H. BETTERTON

At 28th April, 1932, there were 480,438 persons on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain with no claim admitted either for insurance benefit or for transitional payments. This number included 129,919 uninsured persons, and 67,724 insured persons with claims under consideration.