I regret that the statistics available do not enable me to give the number of separate applicants for transitional payments. The determinations given by public assistance authorities and commissioners in respect of applications for transitional payments in Great Britain in the period 12th November, 1931, to 6th May, 1933, included 8,130,701 at full rates and 5,392,052 at less than full rates, while in 1,035,763 cases the needs of applicants were held not to justify payments. These figures include renewals and revisions as well as initial applications. It is estimated that the net saving from the operation of the needs test during the same period was about £20,500,000.