§ 30. Mr. Platts-Millsasked the Minister of National Insurance what name his regulations provide should be used when completing National Insurance particulars by an unmarried woman who is living with a man in a permanent and recognised relationship under a married name.
§ Mr. J. GriffithsIn relation to benefits and for other purposes it is essential 23W under the regulations that correct particulars as to status should be supplied to the Department. The information given will be treated in strict confidence by my Department and it will be open to any woman if she so wishes to ask that her insurance affairs should be conducted under the name by which she is known. All such requests will be scrupulously respected.
31. Mr. Plaits-Millsasked the Minister of National Insurance whether he will take powers to amend the National Insurance Act so as to enable him to make regulations entitling a woman who lives with a man to benefits in right of his insurance equivalent to the benefits to which a legally married woman is entitled.
§ Mr. J. GriffithsNo. I do not think that a disturbance of the long-established practice in the matter would be either practicable or desirable. If unmarried,
NUMBER OF INSURED PERSONS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AT EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES IN BIRMINGHAM AT 14TH JUNE, 1948. Duration of unemployment. Men, 18–64. Boys under 18. Women, 18–59. Girls under 18. Total. Not more than 3 months … 2,579 54 591 18 3,242 3–6 months … … … 179 — 11 — 190 6–12 months … … 149 — 2 — 151 More than 12 months … 76 — — — 76 TOTAL … … 2,983 54 604 18 3,659