Lieut.-Colonel MASONasked the Minister of Transport if he will reconsider his
690Wthe employment exchanges in the Wales division during the year 1933; and the total received from employés and employed by the Insurance Fund during the same period?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONThe total amounts of insurance benefit and transitional payments paid through employment exchanges in the Wales division during 1933 were:—
Insurance Benefit … £2,964,000 Transitional payments … £6,449,000 The figures are exclusive of administrative expenses, and further, do not include payments made through associations, for which separate figures are not available. It is estimated that the contributions of employers and employed persons in the same division during 1933 amounted to about £1,450,000.