§ Mr. T. Smithasked the Minister of Labour whether he can state the number of persons in receipt of unemployment assistance in the district covered by the Pontefract area office, the number in receipt of winter allowances, and the approximate weekly cost of the same?
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe number of persons in the Unemployment Assistance Board's administrative area of Pontefract in respect of whom assessments were current on 21st November last for payment of unemployment allowances was 3,049, and the number of such assessments which included an additional allowance under the Unemployment Assistance (Winter Adjustments) Regulations, 1938, was 1,595, of an average weekly value of approximately 2s. 2d.