§ Mr. Buchananasked the Minister of Labour whether he can state the numbers now receiving Unemployment Assistance Board relief in each district under the Board's control; the sum paid in each district; the amount paid in administration in each district; and the amount paid in administration at the central office of the Unemployment Assistance Board?
§ Lieut.-Colonel Muirhead,pursuant to his reply (OFFICIAL REPORT, 19th November, 1936, col. 1935, Vol. 317) supplied the following statement:
The following statement shows in respect of each district of the Unemployment Assistance Board the number of payments made and the amount paid to applicants for unemployment assistance in the week ended 13th November, 1936, and the approximate annual rate of the 1389W cost of administration, also the cost of administration of the headquarters of the
District. Number of payments made and amount paid in the week ended 13th November, 1936, to applicants for Unemployment Assistance. Equivalent annual rate of Column 3. Approximate annual rate of cost of administration of offices of the Unemployment Assistance Board. Numbers. Amount paid. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. £ £000. £000. 1. London I 12,938 15,550 809 55 2. London II 14,295 16,418 854 55 3. London III 10,634 12,170 633 47 4. Birmingham 15,016 16,399 853 53 5. Bristol 14,697 16,584 862 51 6. Carlisle 11,741 14,801 770 31 7. Durham 30,711 39,862 2,072 71 8. Hanley 15,538 17,084 888 47 9. Leeds 26,165 29,974 1,559 71 10. Liverpool 34,210 40,845 2,124 85 11. Manchester I 24,432 27,241 1,417 66 12. Manchester II 33,758 38,476 2,000 80 13. Middlesbrough. 17,874 22,185 1,154 50 14. Newcastle-on-Tyne 39,229 49,768 2,588 91 15. Norwich 4,226 4,344 226 25 16. Nottingham 19,326 22,271 1,158 51 17. Preston 21,915 21,663 1,126 55 18. Reading 5,080 5,589 291 27 19. Sheffield 33,450 40,880 2,126 84 20. Cardiff 39,879 51,262 2,666 77 21. Newport. 24,382 31,897 1,658 55 22. Swansea 24,332 30,176 1,569 55 23. Wrexham 9,247 10,874 565 30 24. Dundee 16,705 18,200 947 44 25. Edinburgh 12,570 14,328 745 38 26. Glasgow I 37,423 44,692 2,324 99 27. Glasgow II 30,116 37,741 1,963 77 28. Inverness 3,280 3,345 174 15 583,169 694,628 36,121 1,585
6. Cost of administration of headquarters of the Unemployment Assistance Board. … £135,000 (approximate annual rate). 7. Cost of administration of services rendered to the Board by the Ministry of Labour: (i) Headquarters (including Claims and Records Office, Kew). … £180,000 (approximate annual rate). (ii) Outstations … £2,400,000 (approximate annual rate). Notes.—(i) Columns 2 and 3 are based on Employment Exchanges situated in the area administered by each of the District Offices of the Unemployment Assistance Board. (ii) Column 5 and items 6 and 7 include the cost of services rendered by other Government Departments.