§ Major NATHANasked the Minister of Health the number of cases in which standard and transitional benefit, respectively, have been supplemented by allowances from public assistance authorities in any recent period and the like information for a similar period prior to September, 1931?
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Sir H. YOUNG:The most recent figures I possess relate to the week ending 6th February, 1932, when 24,981 insured persons of whom 12,250 were in receipt of standard benefit under the Unemployment Insurance Acts, and 12,731 were in receipt of transitional payments, were also in receipt of out-relief. In February, 1931, the corresponding total number was 12,221, but the returns did not distinguish standard benefit from transitional benefit. These figures relate to England and Wales only.