§ Wing-Commander JAMESasked the Minister of Labour whether he is in possession of any statistical information showing for various districts the numbers 1043W of applicants for transitional payments who have been assessed at the full rate and at less than the full rate?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONStatistics giving the information desired by my hon. and gallant Friend are collected, and I have already given particulars regarding certain areas in answer to questions in the House. I should point out that any comparisons between authorities on the basis of these statistics must be subject to a good many qualifications. The proportion of persons receiving less than the full rate of benefit or receiving no transitional payments in any particular area would be substantially affected by various factors, as, for example, the general economic conditions of the area, by the
Persons on the registers of the Canning Town and Stratford Employment Exchanges. Date. Men. Women. Juveniles. Total. Canning Town. 2nd December, 1929 … … 7,044 587 315 7,946 9th December, 1929 … … 7,122 609 288 8,019 16th December, 1929 … … 7,310 592 260 8,019 8th December, 1930 … … 9,656 1,096 523 11,275 15th December, 1930 … … 9,610 1,136 217 10,963 22nd December, 1930 … … 9,562 1,143 467 11,172 7th December, 1931 … … 10,803 934 460 12,197 14th December, 1931 … … 10,931 927 495 12,353 21st December, 1931 … … 10,726 926 494 12,146 Stratford. 2nd December, 1929 … … 3,198 649 160 4,007 9th December, 1929 … … 3,185 738 166 4,089 16th December, 1929 … … 3,097 710 129 3,936 8th December, 1930 … … 5,147 1,489 227 6,863 15th December, 1930 … … 5,085 1,411 513 7,009 22nd December, 1930 … … 4,840 1,490 203 6,533 7th December, 1931 … … 6,783 1,426 296 8,505 14th December, 1931 … … 6,628 1,408 275 8,311 21st December, 1931 … … 6,363 1,373 340 8,076