§ Mr. P. Browneasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if he will state the number of persons in Great Britain whose claims for unemployment benefit were dealt with under the National Insurance Seasonal Workers Regulations, 1950, during the years 1958, 1959 and 1960; how many of these claims were successful; and how many were rejected.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterMy hon. Friend will know that claims for National 123W Insurance benefits are decided by independent adjudicating authorities insurance officers in the first instance and, on appeal, local tribunals and the National Insurance Commissioner. I regret I am unable to say how many claims by seasonal workers were allowed either by insurance officers or on appeal. The numbers of claims disallowed by insurance officers under the Seasonal Workers Regulations in 1958, 1959 and 1960 were 4,372, 4,160 and 4,012 respectively.