asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will give details of agricultural social insurance stamps sold in each quarter year since the commencement of the Social Welfare Act, 1952, in which agricultural stamps can be identified; and if, taking each quarter year period as an employment unit of thirteen weeks, he will state the number of employment units in each quarter year.
Written Answers. - Agricultural Social Insurance Stamps.
39.
The information requested is as follows:
|
Quarter Ended |
Numbers of identifiable agricultural social insurance stamps sold. |
|
|
31st March, |
1953 |
429,916 |
|
30th June, |
,, |
393,408 |
|
30th September, |
,, |
632,854 |
|
31st December, |
,, |
784,353 |
|
31st March, |
1954 |
1,574,892 |
|
30th June, |
,, |
487,041 |
|
30th September, |
,, |
518,413 |
|
31st December, |
,, |
798,820 |
|
31st March, |
1955 |
1,466,443 |
|
30th June, |
,, |
499,651 |
|
30th September, |
,, |
505,587 |
|
31st December, |
,, |
821,925 |
|
31st March, |
1956 |
1,455,274 |
|
30th June, |
,, |
505,491 |
|
30th September, |
,, |
411,463 |
|
31st December, |
,, |
414,347 |
|
31st March, |
1957 |
732,817 |
|
30th June, |
,, |
377,005 |
|
30th September |
,, |
460,298 |
|
31st December, |
,, |
736,687 |
|
31st March, |
1958 |
1,377,823 |
|
30th June, |
,, |
407,689 |
|
30th September, |
,, |
447,562 |
|
31st December, |
,, |
758,563 |
|
31st March, |
1959 |
1,368,994 |
|
30th June, |
,, |
412,887 |
|
30th September, |
1959 |
435,711 |
|
31st December, |
,, |
795,722 |
|
31st March, |
1960 |
1,297,566 |
|
30th June, |
,, |
411,239 |
|
30th September, |
,, |
429,440 |
|
31st December, |
,, |
788,321 |
Information is not yet available in respect of the quarter ended 31st March, 1961.
The numbers of stamps sold, as shown above, are in all cases those relating to male agricultural employment.
For the period to 30th June, 1956, they are the numbers of such stamps sold at the 2/6d. weekly rate.
For the quarter ended 30th September, 1956, the total figure given of 411,463 comprises 358,736 stamps at the 2/6d. rate and 52,727 stamps at the 3/2d. rate which came into effect for male agricultural employment on 3rd September, 1956.
All stamps shown as sold subsequent to September, 1956, are at the 3/2d. rate except for 5,394 which are included in the total of 788,321 sold in the December, 1960 quarter, but which are at the new male agricultural rate of 5/- weekly which came into effect from 2nd January, 1961.
The second part of the question is not understood.