Assistance (Statistics)

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asked the Minister of Labour whether he can state the numbers now receiving Unemployment Assistance Board relief in each district under the Board's control; the sum paid in each district; the amount paid in administration in each district; and the amount paid in administration at the central office of the Unemployment Assistance Board?

pursuant to his reply (OFFICIAL REPORT, 19th November, 1936, col. 1935, Vol. 317) supplied the following statement:The following statement shows in respect of each district of the Unemployment Assistance Board the number of payments made and the amount paid to applicants for unemployment assistance in the week ended 13th November, 1936, and the approximate annual rate of the cost of administration, also the cost of administration of the headquarters of the

District.		Number of payments made and amount paid in the week ended 13th November, 1936, to applicants for Unemployment Assistance.		Equivalent annual rate of Column 3.	Approximate annual rate of cost of administration of offices of the Unemployment Assistance Board.
District.		Numbers.	Amount paid.	Equivalent annual rate of Column 3.
1.		2.	3.	4.	5.
			£	£000.	£000.
1.	London I	12,938	15,550	809	55
2.	London II	14,295	16,418	854	55
3.	London III	10,634	12,170	633	47
4.	Birmingham	15,016	16,399	853	53
5.	Bristol	14,697	16,584	862	51
6.	Carlisle	11,741	14,801	770	31
7.	Durham	30,711	39,862	2,072	71
8.	Hanley	15,538	17,084	888	47
9.	Leeds	26,165	29,974	1,559	71
10.	Liverpool	34,210	40,845	2,124	85
11.	Manchester I	24,432	27,241	1,417	66
12.	Manchester II	33,758	38,476	2,000	80
13.	Middlesbrough.	17,874	22,185	1,154	50
14.	Newcastle-on-Tyne	39,229	49,768	2,588	91
15.	Norwich	4,226	4,344	226	25
16.	Nottingham	19,326	22,271	1,158	51
17.	Preston	21,915	21,663	1,126	55
18.	Reading	5,080	5,589	291	27
19.	Sheffield	33,450	40,880	2,126	84
20.	Cardiff	39,879	51,262	2,666	77
21.	Newport.	24,382	31,897	1,658	55
22.	Swansea	24,332	30,176	1,569	55
23.	Wrexham	9,247	10,874	565	30
24.	Dundee	16,705	18,200	947	44
25.	Edinburgh	12,570	14,328	745	38
26.	Glasgow I	37,423	44,692	2,324	99
27.	Glasgow II	30,116	37,741	1,963	77
28.	Inverness	3,280	3,345	174	15
		583,169	694,628	36,121	1,585

6. Cost of administration of headquarters of the Unemployment Assistance Board.	…	£135,000 (approximate annual rate).
7. Cost of administration of services rendered to the Board by the Ministry of Labour:
(i) Headquarters (including Claims and Records Office, Kew).	…	£180,000 (approximate annual rate).
(ii) Outstations	…	£2,400,000 (approximate annual rate).
Notes.—(i) Columns 2 and 3 are based on Employment Exchanges situated in the area administered by each of the District Offices of the Unemployment Assistance Board.
(ii) Column 5 and items 6 and 7 include the cost of services rendered by other Government Departments.

Volume 320: debated on Thursday 18 February 1937