§ Lieut.-Colonel GADIEasked the Minister of Labour the cost for the year 1927, in connection with employment exchanges and unemployment services, of salaries, travelling expenses, and other administrative expenses; payments to associations and local education authorities for administration of unemployment insurance; stationery, printing, etc.; premises, rent and capital expenditure; rates and services rendered by other Government departments; superannuation; accruing liabilities; and any other expenditure.
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§ Mr. BETTERTONPursuant to his reply, [OFFICIAL REPORT, 24th May, 1928; col. 2081, Vol. 217] supplied the following statement—
The cost of the Employment Exchanges and services ancillary thereto during the Financial Year 1927, and the amount thereof attributable to the administration of Unemployment Insurance are not yet available, but the following statement gives the cost for the year ended 31st March, 1927.
Cost of Employment Exchanges. £ Borne on Vote for Ministry of Labour. Salaries 3,566,199 Travelling Expenses 57,927 Other Administrative Expenses (including expenses of Advisory Committees) 123,006 Payments to Associations and to Local Education Authorities 145,609 3,892,741 Less Appropriations-in-Aid of Ministry of Labour Vote 21,618 3,871,123 Expenditure borne on the Votes of other Government Departments. Stationery Office (Stationery, Printing, etc.) 59,079 Office of Works (including capital expenditure on premises) 411,815 Rates, and Services rendered by other Government Departments 523,962 4,865,979 Of the above sum of £4,865,979 the amount expended in respect of the administration of Unemployment Insurance is 4,762,170 To which must be added:— Accruing Liability in respect of benefits under the Superannuation Acts (section 6 (a) of Unemployment Insurance (No. 2) Act, 1924) 253,367 Rental Charge (Section 6 (c) of Unemployment Insurance (No. 2) Act, 1924) 23,951 Total cost of administration of Unemployment Insurance £5,039,488* * Of this sum £4,768,276 17s. 6d. (being one-eighth of the net income of the Unemployment Fund and the maximum recoverable under Section 12 (3) of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1920, as amended) has been recovered from the Unemployment Fund.