§ Captain P. MACDONALDasked the Minister of Labour what is the present number of registered unemployed in Cowes; what percentage this number represents of the total number of insured workers in that town; and how this percentage compares with similar percentages for London, Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONAt 25th January, 1932, there were 1,899 persons on the registers of the Cowes Employment Exchange, representing 23.1 per cent, of the estimated number of insured persons in the area at July, 1931. The correspond-
1044Wextent to which the income coming into the household is commonly that of one or of a number of wage-earners, and by the relation between the maximum scale adopted by the authority for public assistance purposes and the corresponding rate of benefit applicable.