§ Mr. SHORTasked the Minister of Labour whether he can state on a weekly basis the number of unemployed persons who have had their unemployment benefit permanently disallowed in Wednesday, Handsworth, Oldbury, and West Bromwich, respectively, during 1925 and 1926 up to date.
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDNo disallowances of benefit are permanent in the sense that a subsequent application cannot be entertained. There are no statistics available as to the numbers of cases in which disallowances in the districts named has not been followed by renewed application.