Mr. Jenkinsasked the Minister of Labour whether he can state the number of persons signing the unemployment register, and receiving unemployment assistance, for each month during the current year, at each of the Employment Exchanges, respectively, Monmouth, Abergavenny, Usk, and Chepstow?
§ Mr. E. BrownThe following table shows for the Employment Exchanges in question the numbers of persons on the registers with applications authorised for payment of unemployment assistance allowances at a date in each month since December, 1936:
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Date. Monmouth. Abergavenny. Usk. Chepstow. 1936. 14th December … … … 282 325 52 201 1937. 25th January … … … 270 288 65 195 22nd February … … … 275 283 56 188 15th March … … … 274 327 62 192 39th April … … … 266 304 65 246 24th May … … … 238 285 67 234 25th June … … … 211 297 54 212 26th July … … … 202 284 61 208 23rd August … … … 256 272 55 183 13th September … … … 229 254 55 172 18th October … … … 233 288 54 173 15th November … … … 236 296 56 155 Notes. 1. Owing to the increase in the number of applicants for unemployment allowances at the second appointed day under the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1934 (namely, 1st April, 1937), the figures for April and later months are not strictly comparable with those for earlier months. 2. The figures exclude insurance benefit claimants in receipt of unemployment allowances in upplementation of benefit.