§ Sir K. WOODasked the Minister of Labour whether the Woolwich Borough Council has during the last three years made any application for assistance for 279W schemes for the relief of unemployment in Woolwich and at the same time affording help to labour in the depressed areas; and whether any application from the council has been received in response to the latest communication from the Government offering further financial assistance to Woolwich with the object of the mitigation of unemployment in the district?
§ Mr. LAWSONThe Woolwich Borough Council has applied to the Unemployment Grants Committee for assistance for relief works provided that the terms do not involve the employment of transferred labour. The attention of the borough council has been drawn to the recent modification in the proportion of transferred labour required in certain circumstances, as announced in the House on 4th November, and they have been informed that, in view of the relatively low level of unemployment in the borough, assistance can be given only if employment is afforded to a proportion of transferred labour. No formal application for assistance on these new terms has yet been received.