§ 67. Mr. GEORGE HALLasked the Minister of Labour the number of persons in receipt of transitional benefit in each Employment Exchange area in the counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, with the weekly cost of benefit, during the three months ended December, 1934?
§ Lieut.-Colonel MUIRHEADThis information is being extracted, and will be circulated in the OFFICIAL REPORT as soon as it is available.
§ 68. Mr. BEVANasked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed persons in Great Britain up to the last available date; the number of persons chargeable to the Unemployment Assistance Board; the number of persons unemployed in the special areas; and the number of persons chargeable to the Unemployment Assistance Board in the special areas?
§ Lieut.-Colonel MUIRHEADAt 20th January, 1936, there were 2,159,722 unemployed persons on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain, of whom 735,665 were applicants for unemployment allowances. The corresponding figures for the special areas were 423,587 and 226,696, respectively.