§ Mr. Mainwaringasked the Minister of Labour whether he will state the number of persons at the latest available date upon the unemployment register at each of the following exchanges: Ferndale, Porth, Tonypandy and Treorchy?
§ Mr. ButlerThe numbers of unemployed persons on the registers of these Employment Exchanges at 17th January, 1938, were:
Ferndale 2,798 Porth 2,731 Tonypandy 4,013 Treorchy (including Ton Pentre) 3,063
§ Mr. Mainwaringasked the Minister of Labour whether he will state the average amount of unemployment assistance granted per claimant at each of the following area offices: Ferndale, Porth, Tonypandy and Treorchy during the month of January, 1936, 1937 and 1938, respectively?
§ Mr. ButlerThe only figures available relate to the payments of unemployment assistance made at Employment Exchanges which serve the areas in question.
The following table shows the average amount of each payment of unemployment assistance made at the Ferndale, Porth (including Tonyrefail), Tonypandy and Treorchy Employment Exchanges during the months of January, 1936, 1937 and 1938.
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Employment Exchanges. January. 1936. 1937 1938. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Ferndale 1 5 11 1 7 8 1 9 1 Porth and Tonyrefail. 1 6 1 1 7 4 1 8 4 Tonypandy 1 5 5 1 6 11 1 8 0 Treorchy 1 5 0 1 6 0 1 7 1 The figures are based on the payments to all persons aged 16 to 64; they do not represent, in all cases, payment for a full week.
§ Mr. Mainwaringasked the Minister of Labour whether he will state the number of unemployed persons transferred from, together with those known to have left having found work for themselves, the following Employment Exchanges, respectively, Ferndale, Porth, Tonypandy, and Treorchy, and for each year since 1927?
§ Mr. ButlerThe following table gives the information asked for, in so far as it is available.
District. Year. Number of Persons Placed by the Employ-meat Exchanges in other districts Number of Persons who left the district to take up employment which they had found on their own account. Ferndale 1931 122 193 1932 145 144 1933 126 213 1934 140 249 1935 252 379 1936 623 580 1937 421 611 Porth 1931 119 181 1932 141 174 1933 195 265 1934 185 342 1935 292 429 1936 563 470 1937 496 597 Tonypandy 1931 342 553 1932 304 479 1933 361 536 1934 400 594 1935 452 666 1936 538 901 1937 610 1,049 Treorchy 1931 251 244 1932 216 196 1933 92 244 1934 103 319 1935 76 392 1936 267 533 1937 312 667