§ Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYasked the Minister of Labour the present weekly amounts paid in Germany in unemployment benefit for the various classes of workpeople, expressed in sterling?
§ Miss BONDFIELDThe weekly amounts paid in unemployment benefit in Germany vary according to the wage
Weekly remuneration. Wage Class. Unit Wage. Principal Benefit. Reichsmarks. Reichsmarks. s. d. Up to 10 RM. … I 8 5.60 5 5¾ Up to 9s. 9d. … Over 10 and up to 14 RM. … II 12 7.20 7 0½ Over 9s. 9d. and up to 13s. 8d. Over 14 and up to 18 RM. … III 16 8.00 7 10 Over 13s. 8d. and up to 17s. 7d. … Over 18 and up to 24 RM. … IV 21 8.82 8 7½ Over 17s. 7d. and up to 23s. 6d. … Over 24 and up to 30 RM. … V 27 9.45 9 3 Over 23s. 6d. and up to 29s. 4d. … Over 30 and up to 36 RM. … VI 33 11.55 11 3¾ Over 29s. 4d. and up to 35s. 3d. … Over 36 and up to 42 R.M. … VII 39 12.68 12 5 Over 35s. 3d. and up to 41s. 1d. … Over 42 and up to 48 RM. … VIII 45 13.50 13 2½ Over 41s. 1d. and up to 47s. 0d. … Over 48 and up to 54 RM. … IX 51 15.30 14 11¾ Over 47s. 0d. and up to 52s. 10d. … Over 54 and up to 60 RM. … X 57 17.10 16 9 Over 52s. 10d. and up to 58s. 9d. … Over 60 RM. … XI 63 18.90 18 6 Over 58s. 9d. … The above rates of principal benefit are increased by 5 per cent. of the unit wage for each dependant in respect of whom dependants allowances are payable, subject, however, to a maximum rate which ranges from 80 per cent. of the unit wage in Class I to 60 per cent. in Classes VIII to XI.