§ Mr. H. WILLIAMSasked the Minister of Labour how many persons were employed under co-partnership schemes in 1914; how many of them received bonuses; and what was the aggregate amount of those bonuses?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDThe total number of profit-sharing and labour co-partnership schemes known to the Department to have been in operation in the United Kingdom in 1914 was 438. As regards 40 of these schemes information is not available as to the numbers of persons who received bonuses, or as to the amounts of bonus paid. Under 383 of the 398 schemes for which particulars are available, 103,000 persons received bonuses amounting in the aggregate to £463,000; the remaining 15 schemes, covering 2,000 persons, paid no bonus in that year. These, figures relate to profit-sharing schemes generally (including those of cooperative societies as well as other businesses). No distinction is made, in the statistics compiled by the Department, between co-partnership schemes and profit-sharing schemes not involving co-partnership.