Mr. C. WILSONasked the Minister of Health if he can state in the case of two areas which are alike in all other respects, but in one of which there is a large number of persons on the register of unemployed who have no claim to benefit, what provision the formula makes for giving any relief to this area?
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§ Sir K. WOODThe weighting for unemployment to be used in the formula is based on the number of unemployed insured men increased by 10 per cent. of unemployed insured women resident in each county and county borough. These numbers will include not only persons who have claims to benefit, but also insured men and women on the registers of Employment Exchanges who have no such claims, together with those not on the registers, whose unemployment books are in the two months file of lodged books.