§ Mr. BATEYasked the Minister of Labour whether he can state, separately, the number of persons in the county of Durham and in the boroughs in the county who were receiving payments under the Unemployment Assistance Board at the latest available date?
§ Mr. E. BROWNAt 22nd June, 1936, there were 63,749 persons on the registers of Employment Exchanges in the county of Durham (including the county boroughs) with applications authorised for unemployment allowances. The separate figures for Employment Exchanges in the county boroughs were as shown below:
Darlington 1,706 Gateshead 4,918 South Shields 5,781 Sunderland 10,639 West Hartlepool 3,229
§ Mr. BATEYasked the Minister of Labour whether he can state, separately, the number of persons in the county of Durham and in the boroughs in the 2266W county who are now receiving payments on the Unemployment Assistance Board's scales and the number receiving payments above the board's scales?
§ Mr. E. BROWNThe number of payments in the week ended 26th June, 1936, made at local offices of the Ministry of Labour in the county of Durham other than in the county boroughs, and in the county boroughs, according to the Unemployment Assistance Regulations, and according to assumed transitional payments practice, was as follows:
— County of Durham other than County Boroughs. County Boroughs. Payments according to Unemployment Assistance Regulations. 13,517 9,605 Payments according to assumed transitional payments practice. 23,830 16,900