§ 38. Mr. G. GRIFFITHSasked the Minister of Labour the number of persons in receipt of unemployment allowance under the Unemployment Act for the six months ended 30th June last?
§ Mr. E. BROWNAs the reply includes a table of figures, I will, if I may, circulate a statement in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the statement:
§ The numbers of persons on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain, at one date in each month from January to June, 1935, with applications for Unemployment Allowances authorised for payment were as follows:
| 28th January, 1935 | 735,176* |
| 25th February, 1935 | 738,267* |
| 25th March, 1935 | 730,067 |
| 15th April, 1935 | 725,654 |
| 20th May, 1935 | 723,176 |
| 24th June, 1935 | 708,617 |
| * The figures for January and February include some persons, the number of whom is not known, with applications authorised for Transitional Payments, on determinations made by Public Assistance Authorities before 7th January, 1935. |
§ Statistics of the number of separate individuals who have received unemployment allowances during the period in question are not available.