Mr. R. Duckworthasked the Minister of Labour when he proposes to introduce the promised legislation for extending unemployment insurance to black-coated workers?
Week ended. Maesteg. Pontycymmer. Ogmore Vale. Aberkenfig. Bridgend. 1st May, 1931: Insurance Benefits § 3,457 652 1,145 635 817 29th April, 1932: Insurance Benefit 501 567 298 154 425 Transitional Payments 3,156 565 507 460 627 28th April, 1933: Insurance Benefit 1,025 429 263 125 284 Transitional Payments 3,084 980 638 564 685 4th May, 1934: Insurance Benefit 868 258 192 90 298 Transitional Payments 2,525 1,033 753 573 683 3rd May, 1935: Insurance Benefit 786 610 959 245 585 Unemployment Allowances 2,147 858 676 522 682 1st May, 1936: Insurance Benefit 461 137 110 143 392 Unemployment Allowances 2,081 712 645 573 787 30th April, 1937: Insurance Benefit* 273† 107 111† 85 256 Unemployment Allowances‡ 1,655 603 527 497 691 The figures do not include payments made through associations, for which a geographical analysis is not available. * Excluding payments made under the agricultural scheme. † In two cases at each of these offices, unemployment allowances were paid in supplementation of insurance benefit. These cases are not included in the numbers in receipt of unemployment allowances. ‡Comparison of these figures with those for the earlier dates is affected by the extension of the unemployment assistance scheme as from the second appointed day, 1st April, 1937. § Including transitional benefit for which separate figures are not available.