§ Sir R. GOWERasked the Minister of Labour the number of claims disallowed at the Chatham Employment Exchange on the ground that the applicants were not ordinarily in insurable occupations in each quarter to the last available date since 1st January, 1927?
§ Miss BONDFIELDI regret that statistics of disallowances are not available in respect of individual Employment Exchanges for any period prior to 19th April, 1928. The following table
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CLAIMS made at the Employment Exchanges at Chatham, Sheerness and Sittingbourne disallowed on the ground (a) not genuinely seeking work, (b) not normally insurable and will not normally seek to obtain a livelihood by means of insurable employment, and (c) not a reasonable period of insurable employment during the preceding two years: Period. Number disallowed. (a)* (b) (c) Decisions by Insurance Officers. 19th April, 1928, to 11th June, 1928 … 222 22 111 12th June, 1928, to 10th September, 1928 … 321 14 58 11th September, 1928, to 10th December, 1928 … 602 17 78 11th December, 1928, to 11th March, 1929 … 798 13 38 12th March, 1929, to 10th June, 1929 … 699 13 72 11th June, 1929, to 9th September, 1929 … 376 8 54 10th September, 1929, to 9th December, 1929 … 247 144 10th December, 1929, to 12th March, 1930 … 201 123 Decisions by the Court of Referees. (b) N.N.1. 13th March, 1930, to 9th June, 1930 … Not in operation. 98 Not in operation 10th June, 1930, to 8th September, 1930 … 86 9th September, 1930, to 13th October, 1930 … 54 * Includes decisions by Court of Referees on review after payment of 78 days benefit. Exchanges of Bootle, Lancashire, at a given date during each of the past five years?
Miss BONDRELDThe following table gives the information desired:
gives the information desired for the period 19th April, 1928, to 13th October, 1930. The Court of Referees for the Chatham area considers claims made at the local offices at Sheerness and Sittingbourne as well as at Chatham, and figures for the three offices have therefore been included throughout. The figures for certain grounds of disallowance other than that specified in the question have been added because a comparison between the dates in the table would otherwise be misleading.