HC Deb 04 May 1925 vol 183 cc619-20W
Mr. LANSBURY

asked the Minister of Labour how many applicants for unemployment pay have been refused benefit by insurance committees and sub-committees during the period between August, 1924, and 30th April, 1925, because of alleged failure to comply with the statutory conditions contained in Section 2, sub-sections (a), (b), (c)and (d), of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1924?

Mr. BETTERTON

Between 1st August, 1924, and 9th March, 1925, the latest date for which figures are available, the number of applications for extended benefit which were rejected by local employment committees in Great Britain because of failure to comply with the statutory conditions of Section 1 (3) of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1924, were as follow:

Not normally insurable 33,149
Insurable employment not likely to be available in normal times 10,520
Not a reasonable period of in sured employment in last two years 81,512
Not making reasonable effort to find suitable employment or not willing to accept such employment 70,906
196,087