§ 6. Mr. BATEYasked the Minister of Labour the number of persons in the county of Durham in receipt of unemployment benefit, and those in receipt of assistance from the Unemployment Assistance Board, at the latest available date?
§ Mr. E. BROWNAt 27th April, 1936, there were 31,692 insured persons with claims admitted for unemployment benefit, and 67,379 with applications authorised for unemployment allowances, on the registers of Employment Exchanges in the county of Durham (including the county boroughs).
§ 7. Mr. BATEYasked the Minister of Labour the number of individual and household removals of unemployed persons and their families arranged by the Ministry of Labour or the Commis- 1342 sioner for the distressed areas from the county of Durham to other areas during 1933, 1934, 1935, and up to the latest available date for 1936?
§ Mr. BROWNAs the reply contains a, number of figures, I will, if I may, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the reply:
§ The number of persons from Durham for whom employment was found in other areas during each of the years 1933–1935 and the first three months of 4936 is as follows:
| 1933 | 3,864 |
| 1934 | 3,968 |
| 1935 | 8,525 |
| 1936 (January, February and March) | 2,450 |
§ The exact number of families assisted to remove from Durham is not known, but estimates for the periods mentioned are as follow:
| 1933 | 150 |
| 1934 | 300 |
| 1935 | 900 |
| 1936 (January, February and March) | 350 |