§ Mr. Sextonasked the Minister of Labour (1) how many ex-service men with disablement pensions and with no such pensions, respectively, were in receipt of unemployment insurance benefit on 31st December, 1936;
(2) how many ex-service men with disablement pensions and with no such pensions, respectively, were in receipt of Unemployment Assistance Board benefit on 31st December, 1936?
§ Lieut.-Colonel MuirheadAt 4th January, 1937, there were 29,113 ex-service men in receipt of disability pensions on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain with claims for unemployment benefit or unemployment allowances. Recent statistics showing the number of ex-service men on the registers who were not in receipt of such pensions are not available, but a special return obtained on 20th April, 1936, showed that the total number of ex-service men on the registers with claims for benefit or unemployment allowances at that date was 365,733, of whom approximately 30,000 were in receipt of disability pensions. Separate statistics of the numbers in receipt of unemployment benefit and of unemployment allowances, respectively, have not been compiled.