§ 15. Mr. EDWARD WILLIAMSasked the Minister of Labour if he will state the number of children in receipt of dependants' benefit from the Unemployment Insurance Fund for the years 1930, 1931, 1932 and 1933 to date?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONThe only dates in the period named, for which separate figures are available showing the number of children in respect of whom dependants' benefit was authorised on applications for insurance benefit, are 2nd February, 1931, and 28th November, 1932, when it is estimated that the numbers were approximately 1,194,000 and 847,000 respectively. These figures are not, however, strictly comparable in view of the changes in the conditions for the receipt of insurance benefit introduced in November, 1931.