§ Mr. E. J. Williamsasked the Minister of Labour whether he will state the number of persons on the unemployment register in receipt of benefit and allow- 2207W ances, respectively, at Maesteg, Pontycymmer, Ogmore Vale, Aberkenfig, and Bridgend exchanges for the year 1932 and each year to date?
§ Mr. E. BrownThe table below shows the numbers of payments of unemploy-
— Maesteg. Pontycymmer. Ogmore Vale. Aberkenfig. Bridgend. Week ended 2nd December, 1932: Insurance Benefit … 596 908 1,211 228 323 Transitional Payments … 3,109 767 493 527 707 Week ended 1st December, 1933: Insurance Benefit … 325 680 183 153 296 Transitional Payments … 2,764 1,005 733 569 685 Week ended 30th November, 1934: Insurance Benefit … 361 342 956 165 327 Transitional Payments … 2,176 870 690 518 663 Week ended 29th November, 1935: Insurance Benefit … 553 147 200 183 464 Unemployment Allowances … 2,137 791 643 545 754 Week ended 4th December, 1936: Insurance Benefit … 395 161 508 152 361 Unemployment Allowances … 1,954 663 617 524 697 Week ended 3rd December, 1937: Insurance Benefit … 243 88 108 99 290 Unemployment Allowances … 858 436 424 373 497 Week ended 2nd December, 1938: Insurance Benefit … 320 880 819 183 314 Unemployment Allowances … 662 379 281 186 216 NOTE.—The figures for the weeks ended 4th December, 1936, 3rd December, 1937 and 2nd December, 1938, include payments of agricultural benefit. The numbers of such payments, however, were very small.