1. Mr. JENKINSasked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed workpeople registered at the exchanges in Monmouthshire on statutory benefit and the number in receipt of assistance from the Unemployment Assistance Board for the most recent date?
§ The MINISTER of LABOUR (Mr. Ernest Brown)As the reply includes a table of figures, I will, if I may, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the table:
§ The numbers of persons on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Monmouthshire at 27th April, 1936, with claims admitted for unemployment benefit and applications authorised for unem- 2162 Ployment allowancer were as shown below:
| Employment Exchange. | Claims admitted for unemployment benefit. | Applications authorised for unemployment allowances. | |
| Abergavenny | … | 135 | 348 |
| Abertillery | … | 610 | 2,271 |
| Blackwood | … | 348 | 1,235 |
| Blaenavon | … | 345 | 717 |
| Blaina | … | 387 | 1,191 |
| Caldicot | … | 51 | 117 |
| Chepstow | … | 191 | 186 |
| Ebbw Vale | … | 843 | 2,358 |
| Monmouth | … | 170 | 256 |
| Newbridge | … | 1,556 | 1,292 |
| Newport | … | 3,935 | 1,810 |
| Newport Docks | … | 1,687 | 705 |
| Pontnewydd | … | 307 | 893 |
| Pontypool | … | 1,423 | 2,462 |
| Risca | … | 1,038 | 1,276 |
| Tredegar | … | 455 | 1,598 |
| Usk | … | 32 | 75 |
| Total | … | 13,513 | 18,790 |