HC Deb 23 January 1940 vol 356 cc422-3W
Sir G. Mitcheson

asked the Minister of Labour the present funded debt of the Unemployment Fund, and also the surplus of the fund on current account?

Mr. Assheton

At 20th January, 1940, the debt of the Unemployment Fund on the general account was about £77,000,000 and the balance of the fund, including investments at cost, was about £58,600,000 on the general account and £3,400,000 on the agricultural account.