§ Mr. G. Hallasked the Minister of Labour (1) whether he will give the number of applicants for assistance under the Unemployment Assistance Board in the Aberdare area for each week during 1937 and to date, with the total weekly cost of the assistance given;
(2) the number of applicants for assistance under the Unemployment Assistance Board in the Cardiff district for each week during 1937 and to date, with the total weekly cost of the assistance given?
§ Mr. E. Brownpursuant to his reply (OFFICIAL REPORT, 2nd June, 1938, Vol. 336, cols. 2257–8), supplied the following statement
The following table shows the numbers of payments of unemployment allowances (exclusive of payments in supplementation of insurance benefit) and the total amounts paid at Employment Exchanges in the Unemployment Assistance Board administrative district of Cardiff and administrative area of Aberdare, respectively, in each week since the beginning of 1937:—
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Week ended Cardiff District. Aberdare Area. Number of payments. Total amount paid. Number of payments. Total amount paid. 1937. £ £ 8th January … … … 39,360 52,057 5,374 6,919 15th January … … … 38,951 51,480 5,320 6,758 22nd January … … … 39,596 51,236 5,156 6,665 29th January … … … 38,282 50,781 5,106 6,596 5th February … … … 38,231 50,666 5,121 6,594 12th February … … … 37,960 50,214 5,112 6,511 19th February … … … 37,724 49,904 4,971 6,380 26th February … … … 37,455 49,488 4,947 6,323 5th March … … … 37,205 49,144 4,918 6,263 12th March … … … 36,867 48,655 4,849 6,195 19th March … … … 36,456 48,443 4,829 6,169 26th March … … … 36,985* 98,644† 4,789* 12,215† 2nd April 9th April … … … 38,045 49,449 4,818 6,068 16th April … … … 37,522 48,964 4,736 5,994 23rd April … … … 37,442 48,815 4,716 5,972 30th April … … … 37,225 48,141 4,695 5,941 7th May … … … 36,711 53,920 4,671 6,622 14th May … … … 36,282* 94,789† 4,585* 11,567† 21st May 28th May … … … 36,310 47,299 4,578 5,753 4th June … … … 35,863 46,578 4,502 5,622 11th May … … … 35,457 46,307 4,466 5,589 18th May … … … 35,450 46,087 4,420 5,539 25th June … … … 34,901 45,378 4,384 5,452 2nd July … … … 34,245 44,480 4,275 5,334 9th July … … … 34,005 44,259 4,208 5,236 16th July … … … 33,814 44,094 4,201 5,254 23rd July … … … 33,689 43,949 4,158 5,154 30th July … … … 33,539* 86,238† 4,053* 10,102† 6th August 13th August … … … 33,223 43,304 4,108 5,086 20th August … … … 32,949 42,424 4,003 4,968 20th August … … … 32,621 42,591 3,976 4,938 3rd September … … … 32,434 42,411 4,007 4,982 10th September … … … 32,414 42,133 4,032 4,995 17th September … … … 32,212 41,930 4,052 5,002 24th September … … … 32,193 41,861 4,039 4,959 1st October … … … 32,239 41,731 3,926 4,773 8th October … … … 32,446 41,992 3,960 4,881 15th October … … … 32,265 41,810 3,941 4,821 22nd October … … … 32,165 41,652 3,852 4,735 29th October … … … 32,150 41,552 3,840 4,719 5th November … … … 31,863 41,180 3,786 4,659 12th November … … … 31,745 41,530 3,770 4,658 19th November … … … 31,445 41,631 3,734 4,689 26th November … … … 31,441 43,017 3,719 4,724 3rd December … … … 31,404 42,157 3,711 4,729 10th December … … … 31,252 42,231 3,680 4,759 17th December … … … 31,125 42,100 3,673 4,702 24th December … … … 30,918* 83,749† 3,692* 9,454† 31st December 1938. 7th January … … … 31,303 42,348 3,684 4,726 14th January … … … 31,168 42,155 3,690 4,731 21st January … … … 31,096 41,981 3,663 4,666 28th January … … … 30,890 41,809 3,632 4,636 4th February … … … 30,762 42,608 3,596 4,599 11th February … … … 30,685 41,382 3,580 4,577 18th February … … … 30,612 41,211 3,571 4,541 25th February … … … 30,525 41,168 3,566 4,502 4th March … … … 30,218 40,857 3,527 4,467 11th March … … … 30,117 40,552 3,529 4,456 18th March … … … 29,901 40,331 3,522 4,445 25th March … … … 30,051 40,141 3,544 4,465 1st April … … … 29,712 40,004 3,502 4,439
Week ended Cardiff District Aberdare Area. Number of payments Total Amount Paid. Number of Payments. Total Amount Paid. 1938. £ £ 8th April … … … 29,602 39,815 3,533 4,403 15th April … … … 29,468* 79,388† 3,513* 8,794† 22nd April 29th April … … … 29,613 40,104 3,513 4,385 6th May … … … 29,272 39,238 3,487 4,365 13th May … … … 29,337 39,209 3,501 4,358 20th May … … … 29,342 39,126 3,480 4,326 27th May … … … 29,384 38,965 3,504 4,342 * Average for two weeks. †Amount paid in two weeks. Separate figures are not available for each week.