§ Mr. D. G. SOMERVILLEasked the Minister of Labour the number of persons in receipt of Poor Law relief but not in receipt of unemployment benefit who are on the live register; and whether there is any understanding between the Employment Exchanges and the boards of guardians that recipients of Poor Law relief shall be included in this total?
§ Miss BONDFIELDIt is estimated on the basis of a 10 per cent. sample that at 17th February, 1930, the latest date for which figures are available, there were approximately 51,000 unemployed men ordinarily engaged in some regular occupation in receipt of outdoor Poor Law relief but not in receipt of unemployment benefit on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain. Poor Law authorities in general require such applicants for outdoor relief to register for employment at an Employment Exchange.