HC Deb 26 November 1930 vol 245 cc1329-30W
Sir K. WOOD

asked the Minister of Labour the number of claims disallowed at the Woolwich Employment Exchange

CLAIMS made at the Woolwich Employment Exchange disallowed on the grounds (a) not genuinely seeking work, (b) not normally insurable and will not normally seek to obtain a livelihood by means of insurable employment, and (c) not a reasonable period of insurable employment during the preceding two years:
Date. Number of Claims disallowed.
(a)* (b) (c)
Decisions by Insurance Officers.
19th April, 1928, to 11th June, 1928 … 215 8 487
12th June, 1928, to 10th September. 1928 … 381 7 46
11th September, 1928, to 10th December, 1928 … 877 9 50
11th December, 1928, to 11th March, 1929 … 652 19 81
12th March, 1929, to 10th June, 1929 … 543 12 93
11th June, 1929, to 9th September, 1929 … 371 4 42
10th September, 1929, to 9th December, 1929 … 201 70
10th December, 1929, to 12th March, 1930 … 172 106
Decisions by the Court of Referces.
13th March, 1930, to 9th June, 1930 … Not in operation 110 Not in operation
10th June, 1930, to 8th September, 1930 … 309
9th September, 1930, to 13th October, 1930 … 70
*Includes decisions by Court of Referees on review after the payment of 78 days benefit.

Sir K. WOOD

asked the Minister of Labour the number of women registered as unemployed at the Woolwich Exchange at the last convenient date, and the number of women who have obtained direct employment as a result of schemes initiated by the Government and the Woolwich Borough Council, respectively?

Miss BONDFIELD

At 17th November, 1930, there were 1,479 women on the register at the Woolwich Employment Exchange. As regards the second part of the question, I would refer the right hon. Member to the reply which I gave

on the ground that the applicants were not normally in insurable employment in each quarter to the last convenient date since 1st January, 1927?

Miss BONDFIELD

I regret that statistics of disallowances are not available in respect of individual Employment Exchanges for any period prior to 19th April, 1928. The following table gives the numbers of claims disallowed on various grounds during the period 19th April, 1928, to 13th October, 1930. The figures for certain grounds of disallowance other than that specified in the question have been added because a comparison between the dates in the table would otherwise be misleading.

to the hon. Member for Lanark North (Miss Lee) on 6th November.