§ Mr. G. MACDONALDasked the Minister of Labour the total number of unemployed on 31st December, 1931, in Lancashire, giving the number on statutory benefit and the number on transitional benefit, separately; and similar figures for the latest date on which figures are available?
Mr. HUDSONSeparate statistics of the numbers of persons on the registers 769W of Employment Exchanges with claims for insurance benefit and transitional payments, respectively, are ordinarily compiled for administrative divisions. The following table gives figures for the
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Date. Total number of unemployed persons on the registers of Employment Exchanges. Number of persons with claims for Insurance Benefit. Number of men and women with applications authorised for transitional payments. 21st December, 1931 … 535,759 259,056 183,577 24th October, 1932 … 558,201 245,851 200,539 North-Western Division, which includes besides Lancashire, the counties of Cheshire, Cumberland and Westmorland, and the Glossop and New Mills districts of Derbyshire: