§ Mr. CAPEasked the Minister of Labour the number of men and women, during the months of September, October, and November, that made application for extended benefits at the Workington Employment Exchange, Maryport, Harrington, and Aspatria branches; and how many of the applicants were refused benefits?
§ Mr. BETTERTONDuring the period 25th August to 16th November, 3,261 applications for extended benefit from men and 99 from women were considered by the local employment committee at Workington, which includes Maryport, Harrington and Aspatria, and of these, 492 applications from men and 60 from women were recommended for disallowance.
§ Mr. BATEYasked the Minister of Labour the number of persons in the County of Durham who have applied for and been refused unemployment benefit since 1st January, 1925, including those whose benefit has been stopped?
§ Mr. BETTERTONIt has not been practicable in the time since this question appeared on the Paper to prepare the detailed information required. The information is being extracted from the official records, and as soon as this has been completed I will circulate a statement in the OFFICIAL REPORT.