§ Mr. SHORTasked the Minister of Labour (1) the total number of unemployed persons in receipt of extended benefit on the last available day prior to 19th April, 1928?
(2) the total number of unemployed persons in receipt of extended benefit on the last available day prior to 19th April at the Wednesbury, Tipton, and the Darlaston Employment Exchanges, respectively?
§ Mr. BETTERTONStatistics giving the number of persons in receipt of extended benefit are not available.
§ Mr. DAYasked the Minister of Labour the number of applications for extended benefit recommended for disallowance in Great Britain at the 16th of April, 1928; 1735W and whether he has any statistics that will show the number of applications disallowed for standard benefit at the same date?
§ Mr. BETTERTONDuring the four weeks ended 9th April, 1928, out of 249,372 applications for extended benefit considered by Local Committees in Great Britain, 32,522 were recommended for disallowance. Corresponding statistics of the disallowance of claims for standard benefit are not available.
§ Mr. SCURRasked the Minister of Labour how many claims to unemployment benefit have been rejected at the Stepney Employment Exchange during the 12 months ending 30th March, 1928; and what were the reasons for such rejections?
§ Mr. BETTERTONThe following table gives the information desired:
Claims to extended benefit considered by the Stepney Local Employment Committee during the 12 months ended 9th April, 1928: Claims considered 14,055 Claims allowed 8,890 Claims recommended for disallowance 5,165 Grounds of disallowance: Not normally insurable and not seeking to obtain a livelihood by means of insurable employment 181 Insurable employment not likely to be available 131 Not a reasonable period of insurable employment during the preceding two years 2,915 Not making every reasonable effort to obtain suitable employment or not willing to accept suitable employment 975 Single persons residing with relatives 472 Married women who could look for support from their husbands 69 Married men who could look for support from their wives 10 Working short time but earning sufficient for maintenance 368 Aliens 27 Postponed for a definite period 17 Statistics of the disallowance of claims for standard benefit are not available.