HC Deb 23 March 1932 vol 263 cc1050-1W
Mr. DINGLE FOOT

asked the Minister of Labour whether he has any information as to the extent to which public assistance committees, engaged in determining transitional payments, take into account old age pensions and widows' pensions?

Mr. HUDSON

Comprehensive information on these points is not available, but I have no reason to think that in considering income from such sources authorities generally do not make proper allowance for the circumstances of the individual case.

Mr. LAWSON

asked the Minister of Labour the total number who have lost benefit and all transitional payment since the beginning of November; and the total number of married women who have lost either unemployment benefit or transitional payment during the same period?

Mr. HUDSON

The information, so far as available, is given below:—

Claims for Unemployment Insurance Benefit, and applications for Transitional Payments, disallowed by Courts of Referees in Great Britain from 10th November, 1931, to 29th February, 1932 232,962
(This total relates to claims etc.; the number of separate individuals is not available).

Applications for Transitional Payments, submitted to Public Assistance Committees from 12th November, 1931, to 20th February, 1932, in regard to which the needs of applicants were held not to justify payments being made 377,512
(This total includes renewals, etc.; the number of separate individuals is not available).

Separate figures are not available for married women, except as regards disallowances under the Anomalies Regulations (Class d), which numbered 74,630 between 10th November, 1931, and 29th February, 1932. This total also relates to claims, etc., and not to separate individuals.

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