§ Mr. COLMANasked the Minister of Labour whether, taking the 12 most populous towns in the country, exclusive of London, she can state the amount of unemployment benefit which was paid in the latest week for which she has statistics on each of the towns mentioned?
§ Mr. LAWSON(pursuant to his reply) [OFFICIAL REPORT, 16th February, 1931; col. 873; Vol. 248], supplied the following statement:
The amount of unemployment benefit paid during the week ended 7th February last at Employment Exchanges in the 12 most populous towns in the country, exclusive of London, was as follows:
£ Glasgow 90,169 Liverpool 76,923 Manchester 48,730 Birmingham 47,108 Sheffield 30,487 Leeds 28,036 Stoke-on-Trent 27,165 Newcastle-on-Tyne 19,487 Bristol 19,303 Bradford 17,985 Nottingham 15,666 Leicester 10,282 These figures do not include unemployment benefit paid through associations of insured workpeople.