§ Mr. D. GRENFELLasked the Minister of Labour whether he can give the figures showing the amount of unemployment benefit paid in the Wales division for each year since 1st January, 1919?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONStatistics of the amount of unemployment benefit paid in the various divisions are not available for any year prior to 1928. The total amounts of unemployment benefit and transitional payments paid through Employment Exchanges in the Wales Division since 1928 were as follow:
£ 1928 5,627,000 1929 4,713,000 1930 6,598,000 1931 (Insurance Benefit) 8,690,000 (Transitional Payments) 560,000* 1932 (Insurance Benefit) 3,865,000 (Transitional Payments) 5,581,000 The figures do not include payments made through associations for which separate statistics are not available. * The transitional payments scheme came into operation on 12th November, 1931.