§ 5. Mr. KIRKWOODasked the Minister of Labour how many unemployed are in Scotland; what is the number on transitional payment; and how many have been disqualified from transitional payment and are now receiving aid from the public assistance authorities?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONAt 26th June, 1933, there were 344,159 unemployed persons on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Scotland, including 164,691 with claims authorised for transitional payments. I regret that statistics are not available showing the numbers in receipt of relief from public assistance authorities whose applications for transitional payments have been disallowed by courts of referees.