§ 15. Mr. BATEYasked the Minister of Labour the total amount of money paid from the Unemployment Insurance Fund and by the Unemployment Assistance Board and by the public assistance committees to unemployed persons in the county of Durham since the year 1922, up to the latest available date?
§ Mr. E. BROWNStatistics of payments of unemployment benefit, transitional payments and unemployment allowances in the county of Durham in the years 1931 to 1935 inclusive were given in statements circulated in the OFFICIAL REPORT on 4th February, 1936, and 29th May, 1936, in reply to questions by the hon. Member for Houghton-le-Springs (Mr.W. Joseph Stewart). I am having extracted information relating to the years 1922 to 1930 and the year 1936, and will circulate a statement in the OFFICIAL REPORT as soon as possible. Questions relating to payments of poor relief by public 2148 assistance committees should be addressed to my right hon. Friend the Minister of Health.