§ 31. Mr. LAWSONasked the Minister of Labour if he can state the number of claimants for transitional payments in the county of Durham Since the operation of the Order; the number who have received reduced payment; the number refused any payment; and the estimated saving resulting from the Order-in- Council?
Mr. HUDSONI regret that the statistics do not enable me to give the number of separate claimants. The determinations in respect of applications for transitional payments in Durham 1706 administrative county in the period 12th November, 1931, to 6th May, 1933, including renewals and revisions, were 624,773 at full rates and 87,614 at less than full rates, while in 12,666 cases the needs of the applicants were held not to justify payments. As regards the saving resulting from the Order-in-Council I regret that it is not practicable to make a reliable estimate for particular areas such as Durham County; an estimate for the country as a whole was given in the reply to the hon. Member for Don Valley (Mr. T. Williams) on 30th March, 1933.