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Mr. White
asked 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-Boyd
I regret that this information is not available.
Mr. White
asked 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. | |||||||