§ Mr. BUCHANANasked the Minister of Labour the number of applicants for extended benefit in Glasgow who have been refused during the eight weeks previous to 16th November, 1925?
§ Mr. BETTERTON,pursuant to his reply (OFFICIAL REPOET, 9th December, 1925, Col. 437), supplied the following information:
During the period 15th September to 16th November, 1925, 6,868 applications for extended benefit were recommended for disallowance by the local employment committees in the Glasgow area, and 34,495 applications were admitted.
§ Mr. SCURRasked the Minister of Labour (1) the number of persons who have been refused benefit during the last two months in the administrative County of London on the grounds of not genuinely seeking employment;
(2) the number of persons who have applied for extended benefit in the administrative County of London during the past two months and the number who have been refused on the grounds that they have not had a reasonable period of employment during the past two years?
§ Mr. BETTERTON,pursuant to his reply (OFFICIAL REPORT, 9th December, 1925, Col. 437), supplied the following information:
During the period 15th September to 16th November, 1925, the number of applications for extended benefit considered by local employment committees-in the administrative County of London was 45,126. Of these 3,362 were rejected on the ground that the applicants were not making reasonable efforts to secure employment, and 10,045 on the ground that the applicants had not had a reasonable period of insurable employment in the previous two years.
I am unable to state the number of applications for standard benefit in this area disallowed on the ground that the applicants were not genuinely seeking work.
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§ Mr. STEPHENasked the Minister of Labour (1) the number of applicants for extended benefit in Glasgow since the coming into operation of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1925; and the number of cases in which benefit has been refused in consequence of the new Regulations;
(2) the number of claims for extended benefit since the coming into operation of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1925; the number of claims refused; and the number of such claims in which the applicant has ceased to sign at the Employment Exchange?
§ Mr. BETTERTON,pursuant to his reply (OFFICIAL REPORT, 9th December, 1925, Col. 438), supplied the following information:
During the period 25th August to 16th November, 1925, 64,297 applications for extended benefit were considered by local employment committees in the Glasgow area, and of these 2,643 were recommended for disallowance in consequence of the conditions imposed under the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1925.
In the same period 825,584 applications for extended benefit were considered by local employment committees in Great Britain, of which 158,908 were disallowed for various causes. I am unable to state the number of cases in which an applicant who has been disallowed benefit has ceased to sign at the Employment Exchange.