§ Mr. G. Hallasked the Minister of Labour whether he will state the amount of money paid from the unemployment insurance fund and by the Unemployment Assistance Board for each year from 1921 to date?
§ Mr. E. BrownThe following table shows the amounts of unemployment benefit, transitional payments and unemployment allowances paid during the240W period 8th November, 1920, December, 1936.
Period (a). Insurance Benefit and Transitional Benefit. Transitional Payments and Unemployment Allowances (b). £000 £000 8th November, 1920 to— July, 1921 33,578 — July, 1922 52,871 — July, 1923 41,909 — July, 1924 35,994 — July, 1925 44,602 — July, 1926 43,685 — July, 1926 to— March, 1927 38,691 — March, 1928 36,474 — March, 1929 46,749 — March, 1930 45,944 — March, 1931 92,267 — March, 1932 80,144 30,742 March, 1933 54,150 50,400 March, 1934 40,170 48,442 March, 1935 43,785 42,199 March, 1936 42,701 42,415 April to December, 1936 (approximate figures). 26,310 28,785 Notes.—(a) Insurance years (ending July) to 1926; financial years (ending 31st March) from 1st April, 1927.
(b) The Transitional Payments Scheme was superseded by the Unemployment Assistance Scheme (administered by the Unemployment Assistance Board) as from 7th January, 1935.