ABSTRACT
Supplementation of unemployment insurance benefit only became payable on the second appointed day, 1 April 1937. This means that supplementation may be payable if the allowance that the applicant would get were on the Unemployment Assistance Board (UAB). The average size of supplementation varies slightly from month to month, being highest during the months when winter allowances are being paid. It is well known that the number of supplementation cases is greatest where workers' organisations are strongest, and this is simply because applicants are more likely to be aware of their rights. The difficulty is that the Ministry of Labour does not feel it its duty to inform the applicant of his supplementation rights, and the UAB. This chapter shows what a great difference there is between the high rent area of London and the rest of the country in the amount of supplementation granted relatively to the unemployed population.
