§ Mr. SHORTasked the Minister of Labour (1) whether he can state the number of persons subject to the means test in Doncaster, Bentley, and Adwick, respectively, at the end of November and the number whose claims were rejected;
(2) the number of persons unemployed in Doncaster, Bentley, and Adwick, respectively, on the last available date;
(3) the number of the juvenile unemployed in Doncaster, Bentley, and Adwick, respectively, on the last available date?
§ Mr. E. BROWNThe total number of unemployed persons, aged 14 and over, on the registers of Doncaster Employment Exchange at 25th November, 1935, was 5,725, of whom 853 were under 18 years of age. The total included 2,338 persons who were applicants for unemployment allowances, and would be subject to a needs test, and among these there were 73 persons whose needs had been held not to justify the payment of allowances. Separate figures are not 1127W available for Bentley and Adwick, which are within the area of the Doncaster Employment Exchange.