8 and 9. Mr. B. Taylorasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance (1) to state the number who have exhausted their title to unemployment benefit since the lapse of Section 62 of the National Insurance Act, 1946;
(2) to state the number whose title to unemployment benefit has ceased and have applied for National Assistance since July, 1953.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterI regret that this information is not available.
Mr. TaylorCan the Minister give the House any guarantee that he could get the information disseminated among Members?
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterThe trouble is that the information with regard to unemployment benefit is not collected in this form, and, in particular, is not collected with relationship to the expiry of benefit.