asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will state the number of persons claiming unemployment assistance benefit at the end of March, 1951, and the expenditure on unemployment assistance benefit in the year ending 31st March, 1951, or if the figure is not available, if he will state the estimated figure.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Unemployment Assistance and Insurance Benefits.
The number of persons having applications for unemployment assistance current on the 31st March, 1951, was 38,503 and expenditure on unemployment assistance in the year ended on the same date was £1,220,522.
asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will state the number of persons claiming unemployment insurance benefit at the end of March, 1951, and the expenditure on unemployment insurance benefit in the year ended 31st March, 1951, or if the figure is not available if he will state the estimated figure.
The number of persons having claims to unemployment benefit current on the 31st March, 1951, was 19,970, and the expenditure on unemployment benefit in the year ended on the same date was £822,832. This figure is provisional.