§ Mr. HAYESasked the Minister of Labour the number of staff in the Employment Exchanges on 8th June, 1924, and 9th June, 1925?
§ Mr. BETTERTONThe number of staff working in the Employment Exchanges on the 9th June, 1924, and the 8th June, 1925, the nearest dates for which information is available was as follows:
9th June, 1924 7,593 8th June, 1925 8,804
— 1920. 1921. 1922. March Quarter. 1923. 1924. 1925. £ £ £ £ £ £ Employed Persons 384,000 2,040,000 3,720,000 4,000,000 4,365,000 4,360,000 Employers 384,000 2,040,000 4,130,000 4,450,000 4,845,000 4,840,000 Service Department a (in respect of men discharged from the Forces). — 187,000 185,000 122,100 75,600 100,300 Exchequer 256,000 1,086,000 2,850,000 3,060,000 3,320,000 3.320,000 In addition, during the March quarter of the years 1922, 1923 and 1925, sums of £6,350,000, £950,000 and £2,020,000, respectively, were advanced to the Unemployment Fund by the Treasury by way of loan, and during the corresponding quarter of 1924 a sum of. £2,240,000 was repaid to the Treasury in respect of previous advances.
§ Major KINDERSLEYasked the Minister ox' Labour the value, expressed as an addition to the weekly wage of insured persons, of the contributions of the employer and the State to unemployed insurance?