§ Mr. Whiteasked the Minister of Labour whether he can state the number of insured persons who have been disallowed benefit on the ground that they have received payment under a holidays with pay agreement?
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydI regret that this information is not available.
§ Mr. Whiteasked the Minister of Labour whether he can state the number of applicants who have been disallowed benefit at the Birkenhead and New Ferry Labour Exchange on the ground that they have received money under a holidays scheme?
Industry. — 1937 1938 26th July. 23rd August. 13th September. 18th July. 15th August. 12th September. Building Number 363 361 359 288 256 292 Percent. 24.2 24.1 23.9 19.2 17.1 19.5 Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing. Number 1,797 1,523 1,618 1,758 1,740 1,724 Per cent. 35.0 29.7 31.5 34.3 33.9 33.6 General Engineering, etc. Number 117 114 109 115 133 137 Per cent. 4.0 3.9 3.7 4.0 4.6 4.7 Marine Engineering, etc. Number 406 384 379 384 350 373 Per cent. 9.7 9.2 9.1 9.2 8.4 8.9 Shipping Service Number 181 170 213 204 177 206 Per cent. 15.9 14.9 18.7 17.9 15.5 18.1 Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing Industries Number 105 94 92 196 100 100 Per cent. 10.7 9.6 9.4 20.0 10.2 10.2 Distributive Trades Number 741 757 766 797 714 776 Per cent. 17.4 17.8 18.0 18.8 16.8 18.3 Dock, Harbour, Canal, etc., Service. Number 502 386 494 291 448 356 Per cent. 52.8 40.6 52.0 30.6 47.1 37.5 All other industries and services. Number 1,766 1,817 1,809 1,664 1,704 1,890 Per cent. 21.9 22.5 22.4 20.6 21.1 23.4 Total, all industries and services. Number 5,978 5,606 5,839 5,697 5,622 5,854 Per cent. 20.5 19.3 20.1 19.6 19.3 20.1 NOTE:—The figures given in the table above are exclusive of unemployed insured persons within the agricultural scheme, numbering 34, 36 and 28 at 26th July, 23rd August and 13th September, 1937, respectively, and 35, 38 and 35 at 18th July, 15th August and 12th September, 1938, respectively.