HC Deb 12 May 1932 vol 265 cc2094-5W
Mr. G. MACDONALD

asked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed persons in Lancashire who have had their benefit claims disallowed on the grounds of an unsatisfactory record of employment, giving separate figures for the area supervised from the Wigan Exchange?

Sir H. BETTERTON

If the hon. Member has in mind the condition "not normally insurable and will not normally seek to obtain a livelihood by means of insurable employment," 1,329 claims by men and 604 by women were disallowed by courts of referees in Lancashire on that ground during April, 1932. The corresponding figures for Wigan were 37 men and 10 women.