§ Mr. KELLYasked the Minister of Labour the number of claims for unemployment insurance benefit which were referred to the Chief Insurance Officer in 1929; and how many of these were allowed benefit?
§ Miss BONDFIELDDuring the year ended 9th December, 1929, 940,474 claims to benefit were referred to the Chief
Persons on the Register of the Chatham Employment Exchange. Date. Wholly Unemployed. Temporarily Stopped. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. 1930. 3rd February … 2,931 608 3,539 325 42 367 3,256 650 3,906 10th " … 3,046 588 3,634 307 48 355 3,353 636 3,989 17th " … 3,023 600 3,623 270 44 314 3,293 644 3,937 24th " … 2,826 569 3,395 321 70 391 3,147 639 3,786