asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will state the amount of Exchequer issues in each of the years 1948-49 to 1951-52 and the amount of the estimated issues in the year 1952-53 in respect of (a) unemployment insurance and (b) unemployment assistance.
Written Answers. - Exchequer Issues.
As the information requested by the Deputy is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle to have the reply included in the Official Report.
Following is the reply:—
Unemployment Insurance |
Unemployment Assistance |
|
£ |
£ |
|
1948-49 |
461,523 |
1,498,897 |
1949-50 |
447,509 |
1,368,654 |
1950-51 |
479,075 |
1,220,522 |
1951-52 |
474,578 |
1,142,311 |
rovisional) |
||
1952-53 |
467,000 |
1,198,000 |
(estimated) |