Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment. – in the House of Commons am ar 6 Hydref 1931.
| Persons on the registers of the Darlington Employment Exchange and their dependants. | |||||
| — | Men. | Women. | Total. | ||
| Number on the Registers at 21st September, 1931, with claims to benefit admitted or under consideration. | 4,974 | 458 | 5,432 | ||
| Number on the Registers at 21st September, 1931, with claims authorised for transitional benefit. | 1,397 | 49 | 1,446 | ||
| Number in receipt of benefit other than tranisitional benefit at 14th September, 1931, who had received 156 days or more in their current benefit years. | 863 | 63 | 926 | ||
| Men. | Boys. | Women. | Girls. | Total. | |
| Benefit paid direct by the Exchange during the accounting weeks which included the dates specified below: | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| A. Amount paid: | |||||
| 24th August, 1931 | 4,158 | 26 | 290 | 7 | 4,481 |
| 31st August, 1931 | 4,061 | 24 | 262 | 8 | 4,355 |
| 7th September, 1931 | 4,270 | 26 | 265 | 8 | 4,569 |
| 14th September, 1931 | 4,325 | 27 | 272 | 6 | 4,630 |
| B. Number of persons to whom benefit was paid: | |||||
| 24th August, 1931 | 3,711 | 65 | 403 | 24 | 4,203 |
| 31st August, 1931 | 3,749 | 63 | 399 | 25 | 4,236 |
| 7th September, 1931 | 3,879 | 72 | 385 | 25 | 4,361 |
| 14th September, 1931 | 3,971 | 71 | 412 | 21 | 4,475 |
| 17th August, 1931.* | |||||
| Number of claims on which benefit was authorised in respect of dependants. | 2,375 | ||||
| Number of dependants in respect of whom benefit was authorised: | |||||
| Adults | 2,297 | ||||
| Children | 3,564 | ||||
| * The latest date for which figures are available. |
