HC Deb 06 July 1937 vol 326 cc180-1
56. Mr. Jenkins

asked the Minister of Labour the number of claims for unemployment assistance in Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire for each month during the present year?

Mr. Butler

As the reply includes a table of figures, I will, if I may, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the reply:

Table showing the numbers of persons applying for unemployment allowances, on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire, at a date in each month since January, 1937:

Date. Glamorganshire. Monmouthshire.
25th January, 1937 62,103 15,323
22nd February, 1937 60,243 14,344
15th March, 1937 … 58,808 13,976
19th April, 1937 … 59,392 14,276
24th May, 1937 … 57,450 13,840
21st June, 1937 … 55,158 13,267

57. Mr. Jenkins

asked the Minister of Labour the number of claimants for unemployment assistance in Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire who, during the present year, have sustained a reduction in the amount of weekly assistance owing to the application of the Unemployment Assistance Regulations?

58. Sir Reginald Clarry

asked the Minister of Labour the number of claimants for unemployment assistance in Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire who, during the present year, have sustained an increase in the amount of weekly assistance owing to the application of the Unemployment Assistance Regulations?

Mr. Butler

Information relating to the two counties alone is not available. In the Unemployment Assistance Board's administrative districts of Cardiff, Newport and Swansea, which include though they are not co-terminous with the two counties, there were on 26th June 2,294 persons receiving less than they would have received under the standstill arrangements, otherwise than on account of personal earnings of the applicant. The aggregate number of individual applicants who have sustained reductions is not available. Approximately 30,000 applicants received on the introduction of the new Regulations in November and December, 1936, more than they would have received under the standstill arrangements.