§ Dr. PHILLIPSasked the Minister of Labour whether it is proposed that, in assessing the income of unemployed persons on transitional benefit, pensions received for the loss of sons in the War shall be taken into account and, deducted from the benefit?
A.—Number of Persons on the Registers at 14th September, 1931. Employment Exchange. Men. Boys. Women. Girls. Total. Wakefield … … … 5,029 222 1,502 231 6,984 Rothwell … … … 1,227 55 178 23 1,483
B.—Number of Men and Women on the Registers at 24th August, 1931, with Claims authorised for Transitional Payments. Employment Exchange. Men. Women. Total. Wakefield … … … … 814 117 931 Rothwell … … … … 263 15 278 In regard to the latter part of the question, I would refer the hon. Member to a reply which I gave to a similar question by the hon. Member for Lincoln (Mr. B. A. Taylor) on the 15th instant.
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§ Sir H. BETTERTONThe assessments of the amount of transitional payment to be paid to an applicant will be made by the public assistance committees, who will take into account such income as they would take into account in the case of an unemployed able-bodied person who applies to them for assistance.
§ Mr. LUNNasked the Minister of Labour the number of persons (men, women, boys, and girls) registered as unemployed within the area of the Employment Exchanges at Wakefield, Horbury, and Rothwell at the latest possible date, and the number who are at present in receipt of transitional unemployment benefit in the same areas who will be referred to the public assistance committees for the calculation of their rate of benefit; and whether the earnings of other members of the family and any other income into the household will be taken into account by the public assistance committees when deciding the amount of need of the unemployed persons?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONThere is no Employment Exchange at Horbury, and persons in that area probably register at Wakefield. The following tables give the information desired in respect of Wake field and Rothwell.