§ 8. Mr. Rileyasked the Minister of Labour the number of persons in receipt of standard unemployment pay and transitional benefit, respectively, in the Dews-bury Unemployment Exchange area at the end of March, 1939?
§ Mr. E. BrownAt 13th March, 1939, there were 2,436 persons, aged 16–64, on the registers of Dewsbury Employment Exchange with claims admitted for insurance benefit, and 819 with applications authorised for unemployment allowances (exclusive of allowances in supplementation of benefit).