§ Mr. McGOVERNasked the Minister of Labour the number of building trade workers who are unemployed; and the total weekly cost of benefit?
§ Sir H. BETTERTON:At 23rd January, 1933, the number of insured persons in the building industry classifications recorded as unemployed in Great Britain was 315,053. Accounts are not kept of insurance benefit or transitional payments paid in separate trades, but assuming that the average rates for men and boys apply to this trade, the approximate cost of insurance benefit and transitional payments for the above number would be £250,000 a week.