§ 3. Mr. MAXTON (for Mr. WALL-HEAD)asked the Minister of Labour the number of applicants for unemployment insurance benefit whose claims have been disallowed during the last six 481 months to the nearest available date on the respective grounds that they were not normally in insurable employment or under any one of the disqualifications imposed by the Anomalies Act; and the number of cases in which, by the operation of the means test, benefit has either been reduced or completely withdrawn?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONAs the reply includes a number of figures I will, if I may, circulate a statement in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the reply:
| DISALLOWANCES by Courts of Referees in Great Britain, 1st April, 1932–30th September, 1932. | |
| Ground of disallowance: | Number. |
| Not normally insurable and/or will not normally seek to obtain a livelihood by means of insurable employment | 66,749 |
| Anomalies Regulations: | |
| Class (b) Seasonal Workers | 4,214 |
| Class (c) Persons normally working for part only of the week | 1,086 |
| Class (d) Married Women | 27,717 |
| DETERMINATIONS by Public Assistance Authorities in Great Britain on applications for transitional payments, 4th April, 1932, to 1st October, 1932. | ||
| — | Initial applications | Renewals and Revisions. |
| Payment allowed at rates lower than maximum benefit rates. | 209,977 | 1,578,370 |
| Needs of applicants held not to justify payment. | 123,045 | 162,079 |
§ The figures relate to claims and, except as regards initial applications for transitional payments, the number of separate individuals concerned is not available.
§ I should all that transitional payments are not insurance benefit.