HC Deb 25 July 1922 vol 157 cc227-8W
Sir W. PRESCOTT

asked the Minister of Labour if he will give the total amount of the average quarterly payments made to the representative of the Tottenham district council for the past three years on the local employment committee in connection with the Employment and Insurance Department at the Tottenham branch of the Ministry of Labour?

Dr. MACNAMARA

The representative of the Tottenham District Council on the Tottenham Local Employment Committee attended 508 meetings during the period 31st March, 1919, to 20th October, 1921, and received allowances in respect of loss of wages, subsistence and travelling expenses in accordance with the scale approved by the Treasury. The amount paid averaged £56 a quarter, of which about £40 represented loss of wages due to his attendances.