§ LORD AVEBURYasked Her Majesty's Government:
What are the maximum part-time earnings which an unemployed person may receive without loss of benefit; what decrease in benefit is imposed if earnings exceed this level by 10p; and under what regulation these limits are determined.
§ LORD ABERDARENational insurance unemployment benefit is not payable to a claimant for any day on which he is following an occupation from which his earnings exceed 33½p. This rule is contained in Regulation 7(1)(i) of the National Insurance (Unemployment and Sickness Benefit) Regulations 1967 671WA (Statutory Instrument 1967 No. 330 as amended). The weekly supplementary benefit payable to an unemployed person is reduced by 5p for each complete 5p of earnings in excess of £1 a week. This rule is contained in paragraph 23 of 672WA Schedule 2 to the Ministry of Social Security Act, 1966.
House adjourned at twenty-three minutes before seven o'clock.