§ Mr. LANSBURYasked the Minister of Labour the number of women who have applied to the Shoreditch Employment Exchange for unemployment benefit during each of the six months ending 14th February; and how many have been refused such benefit?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDThe number of applications for standard or extended unemployment benefit made by women at the Shoreditch Employment Exchange in each o: the last six months was as follows: 1,160 in August, 1,038 in September, 1,163 in October, 1,702 in November, 734 in December, and 1,113 in January. The numbers of applications by women for extended benefit which were recommended for disallowance by the Local Employment Committee in the statistical months which most nearly correspond to the above were, respectively, 134, 184, 126, 85, 97, and 124. I am unable to say how many applications for standard benefit were refused in the-same period.