Mr. C. WILSONasked the Minister of Labour (1) in respect of schemes approved by the Unemployment Grants Commission or the Ministry of Transport, the number of schemes in operation,
I. — Ministry of Transport Schemes. Unemployed Grants Committee Schemes. Number of Schemes in operation. Number of employed. Number of Schemes in operation. Number of employed. 26th September, 1924∗ … … † 11,879 † 29,726 26th September, 1925 … … 573 19,510 1,017 32,170 25th September, 1926 … … 435 18,249 588 19,351 24th September, 1927 … … 351 13,094 252 11,931 * Figures on a comparable basis are not available prior to this date, † Figures under this heading not available.
II. Unemployment Grants Committee. Month nd Year. Number of Schemes Submitted. Man-months. Estimated Cost Number of Schemes Approved. Man-months. Estimated Cost £ £ September, 1921 … 214 50,000 977,531 182 38,000 659,001 September, 1922 … 608 153,668 4,463,442 153 23,362 876,864 September, 1923 … 667 273,546 7,217,537 150 41,216 1,135,389 September, 1924 … 301 104,290 2,407,273 266 103,120 2,629,458 September, 1925 … 243 97,023 2,391,835 244 66,262 1,577,426 September, 1926 … 15 4,052 82,750 10 5,838 151,448 September, 1927 … 6 621 15,010 4 1,947 47,495 Notes.—(1) It is not possible to give the estimated cost of the schemes to which Table I refers. (2) Figures are not available on a monthly basis as to the estimated cost of schemes submitted to and approved by the Ministry of Transport. With regard to Unemployment Grants Committee Schemes, it should be pointed out that the number and cost of schemes approved in a particular month bears little, if any, relation to the number and cost of schemes submitted during the month.