§ Mr. Windsorasked the Minister of Labour whether he will state the total number of men, women, and young persons in receipt of Unemployment Assistance Board's benefit in the city of Kingston-upon-Hull during the period of 1936–37 to the present date, and the total amounts paid?
§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd,pursuant to his reply (OFFICIAL REPORT, 16th June, 1938, col. 427, Vol. 337), supplied the following statement:
Statistics showing the number of separate individuals in receipt of unemployment assistance allowances during the periods in question are not available. The following table shows the average weekly numbers of payments of unemployment assistance allowances (exclusive of payments in supplementation of insurance benefit) made through the Kingston-upon-Hull Employment Exchange during 1936, 1937 and the first five months of 1938, and the total amounts paid during those periods: