§ Sir W. BRASSasked the Minister of Labour what the approximate cost would be to the Treasury of restoring the cuts in unemployment benefits, apart from transitional benefit, taking the present number of those in benefit as the basis of the calculation?
Mr. HUDSONThe restoration of the rates of benefit in operation prior to October, 1931, would increase the amount of benefit payable in respect of the present number of claimants by about £4,000,000 per annum. This figure does not include transitional payments.