§ Mr. RHYS DAVIESasked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployment insurance claims, male and female, respectively, allowed and disallowed by the umpire at Bolton on decisions given by insurance officers to stop benefit payment from 13th March to 31st December, 1930, excluding cases affected by trade disputes?
§ Mr. LAWSONSince 13th March, 1930, except in trade dispute cases, disallowance of benefit has not been imposed by insurance officers. All such claims, on which benefit has not been allowed, have been referred in the first instance to 45W Courts of Referees. The following table shows the number of claims to benefit allowed and disallowed respectively, by the Bolton Court of Referees[...] during the period 13th March, 1930, to 12th January, 1931; also the number of fresh and renewal claims made in the area of the court during the same period. Separate statistics are not available of the number of decisions given by the umpire on claims made at individual local offices.
Decisions of Courts of Referees. — Males. Females. Total. Claims allowed 358 429 787 Claims disallowed 1,400 2,610 4,010 Fresh and Renewal Claims made. 65,973 53,203 119,176 * Claims are referred to this-Court of Referees from the following local offices:—Bolton, Harwich, Turton and West Houghton.