§ 50. Mr. LEONARDasked the Minister of Labour whether he will state the total number of separate persons who during 1933 registered at Employment Exchanges, respectively, in England and Wales and in Scotland; and the number registering for statutory benefit and transitional benefit, respectively?
§ The MINISTER of LABOUR (Mr. Oliver Stanley)Statistics showing the total number of separate persons who registered for employment at Employment Exchanges during 1933 are not available, but the number of insured persons aged 16 to 64 who made claims for unemployment benefit or transitional payments was about 4,600,000 in England and Wales, and 600,000 in Scotland. These totals include persons who claimed, during the year, unemployment benefit only or transitional payments only, and also persons who claimed unemployment and transitional payments at different dates in the course of the year, but statistics are not available as to the numbers in each of these categories.