§ Mr. SHEPPERSONasked the Minister of Labour the total amount of contributions paid year by year by the State as State contributions in respect of workers coming under the Unemployment Insurance Acts from 1911 to 1924?
§ Sir H. BARNSTONThe amounts contributed by the Exchequer to the Unemployment Fund year by year since 1911, have been as follow:—
Financial Year. Exchequer Contribution £ 1912–13 … … … 378,000 1913–14 … … … 602,000 1914–15 … … … 546,666 1915–16 … … … 538,863 1916–17 … … … 746,372 1917–18 … … … 1,007,541 1918–19 … … … 994,402 1919–20 … … … 912,700 1920–21 … … … 2,168,639 1921–22 … … … 8,123,429 1922–23 … … … 12,001,174 1923–24 … … … 12,811,207 1924–25 … … … 13,145,100