WALSALL. (Hansard, 6 June 1930)

§ Mr. McSHANE

asked the Lord Privy Seal if he will give, in respect of Walsall, for each of the past three years, apart from test work, the number and character of schemes of work for the relief of unemployment; the cost of each scheme in

Year.	Nature of work.	Estimated cost. £	Number of men to be continuously employed.	Estimated direct employment in man-years.
1st June, 1927 —31st May, 1928.	Nil.	Nil.	Nil.	Nil.
1st June, 1928 —31st May, 1929.	Land Reclamation.	400	12	4
			Land Reclamation.	600	15	5
			Land Reclamation.	1,200	20	6
			Sewers	…	…	310	12	1
			Sewers	…	…	907	20	4
			Roads	…	…	400	12	3
			Sports Centre	…	4,800	30	21
Total	…	…				8,617	121	44
June, 1929 —31st May, 1930.	Roads	…	…	10,200	20	30
			Roads	…	…	3,909	12	15
			Electricity	…	7,000	20	10
			Electricity	…	15,500	20	20
			Sewers	…	…	2,794	36	12
			Sewers	…	…	1,416	20	5
			Gas	…	…	1,865	25	6
			Gas	…	…	6,855	30	15
Total	…	…				49,539	183	113

As regards road schemes submitted to the Ministry of Transport, apart from the 5-year programme and trunk-road schemes initiated by the present Government there has been no special scheme of unemployment relief works during the past three years.

Under the 5-year programme, the Walsall Corporation have submitted the

Scheme.	Estimated cost.	Estimated direct employment in man-years.
					£
1. Sutton Road, widening and diversion	…	…	13,250	27
2. Sutton Road, diversion	…	…	…	…	12,000	24
3. Springhill Road and Sutton Road, corner improvement.	2,730	5
4. Pratts Mill Canal Bridge, Bloxwich Road	…	…	2,500	5
5. Wolverbampton Street, canal bridge	…	…	3,000	6
6. Wallows Lane, railway bridge	…	…	…	5,000	10

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each year; and the estimated number of men employed by each scheme?

Mr. THOMAS

The Unemployment Grants Committee have, during the past three years, approved for grant the following schemes of work for the relief of unemployment in respect of Walsall Town Council:

undermentioned major schemes on classified roads and bridges for commencement during the current financial year. The estimate of employment has been calculated on the assumption that an expenditure of £1,000,000 provides on an average direct work equivalent to the employment of 2,000 men for a year.

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Grant has been issued for scheme (3). Schemes (1), (2), (4), (5) and (6) have been approved in principle, but details have not been submitted. Grants have also been made since 30th August, 1929, to three small schemes estimated to cost about £600.