§ Colonel BURTONasked the Minister of Labour the amounts paid out in unemployment benefit for each year from 1918 to 1925; and the value of any tangible work which has resulted from such payments?
§ Mr. BETTERTONThe amounts paid out in unemployment, benefit for each year from 1918 to 1925 are approximately as follow:
As regards the last part of the question, it is a requirement of the Unemployment Insurance Acts that unemployment benefit shall only be paid to persons who are unemployed.
Calendar Amount. Year. £ 1918 … … … 84,000 1919 … … … 423,000 1920 … … … 2,216,000 1922 … … … 58,546,000 1992 … … … 47,932,000 1923 … … … 39,366,000 1924 … … … 37,874,000 1925 … … … 45,815,000