§ Sir J. POWERasked the Minister of Labour the number of persons that have been added to the live register in consequence of recent legislative and administrative changes; how many of these persons have been granted benefit; and the principal methods whereby the latter were supported before they received benefit?
§ Miss BONDFIELDIt is estimated that at 31st March, 1930, between 75,000 and 80,000 persons (of whom 70,000 were due to the operation of the new Act) had been added to the live register by recent legislative and administrative changes in the conditions for the receipt of unemployment benefit. I am not in possession of statistics showing how many of these persons have been granted benefit, nor is information available with regard to the methods by which they were supported previously.
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§ Major CARVERasked the Minister of Labour the total number of unemployed registered at the Employment Exchanges in the Howdenshire Parliamentary area now and at the end of last June, respectively?
§ Miss BONDFIELD,pursuant to her reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 3rd April, 1930, cols. 1432–3, Vol. 237], supplied the following statement:
At 31st March, 1930, there were 92 persons on the registers of the Pocklington Employment Exchange as compared with 26 at 24th June, 1929.
§ Brigadier-General MAKINSasked the Minister of Labour the total number of unemployed registered at the Employment Exchanges in the Knutsford parliamentary area now and at the end of last June, respectively?
§ Miss BONDFIELD,pursuant to her reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 3rd April, 1930, cols. 1432–3, Vol. 237], supplied the following statement:
At 31st March, 1930, there were 256 persons on the registers of the Knutsford and Wilmslow Employment Exchanges as compared with 137 at 24th June, 1929.
§ Mr. LOUIS SMITHasked the Minister of Labour the total number of unemployed registered at the Employment Exchanges in the Sheffield Parliamentary areas now and at the end of last June respectively?
§ Miss BONDFIELD,pursuant to her reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 3rd April, 1930, cols. 1432–3, Vol. 237], supplied the following information:
At 31st March, 1930, there were 32,948 persons on the registers of the Sheffield and Attercliffe Employment Exchanges as compared with 22,585 at 24th June, 1929.
Lieut.-Colonel MOOREasked the Minister of Labour the total number of unemployed registered at the Employment Exchanges in the Ayr Burghs Parliamentary area now and at the end of last June respectively?
§ Miss BONDFIELD,pursuant to her reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 3rd April, 1930, cols. 1432–3, Vol. 237], supplied the following statement:
2384WAt 31st March, 1930, there were 3,551 persons on the registers of the Employment Exchanges at Ayr, Campbeltown, Inverary, Irvine and Oban as compared with 2,120 at 24th June, 1929