§ 11. Mr. McENTEEasked the Minister of Labour the number of persons who are registered as unemployed but are not in receipt of benefit or transitional payments?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONAt 20th February, 1933, there were 533,948 unemployed persons on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain in whose cases there was no claim authorised for benefit or transitional payments. This number includes 78,770 insured persons whose claims were under consideration and 152,836 uninsured persons.
§ Mr. McENTEEAre those figures included in the monthly returns?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONThe figures included in the monthly returns are those on the register, and not those drawing benefit.
§ 15. Mr. T. WILLIAMSasked the Minister of Labour the total number of unemployed whose cases have been investigated by the public assistance committees and the estimated amount of money that has been saved?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONDuring the period 12th November, 1931, to 4th February, 1933, determinations were given by public assistance authorities in Great Britain on 2,691,750 initial applications for transitional payments. It is possible that, in some cases, this figure includes initial applications by the same individual to different public assistance authorities. It is estimated that the net saving during the same period was about £16,500,000.
§ Mr. THORNEDoes the Minister recognise that what is causing all the trouble with local authorities is that so many men have been refused transitional payment and have been placed on the Poor Law?
| — | Men. | Women. | |||||
| Training Centres. | Instructional Centres. | Training Centres. | |||||
| Feb. 1932. | Feb. 1933. | Feb. 1932. | Feb. 1933. | Feb. 1932. | Feb. 1933. | ||
| Number of Centres | … | 10 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 33* |
| Number in training | … | 2,572 | 2,011 | 795 | 1,961 | 1,248 | 1,016 |
| Number of staff | … | 439 | 338 | 133 | 296 | 123 | 108 |
| * Including 4 centres with accommodation for 120 trainees which were temporarily closed at this date. |