§ 91. Mr. Lewisasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance the number of persons who received unemployment benefit in Rochdale for each of the years 1951 to 1957, and the total payments made in each of these years.
§ Miss PittI regret that information as to the number of persons who received unemployment benefit in Rochdale in these years is not available, nor is the amount of benefit paid there in 1951. The remaining information asked for in this Question, the total payments made since 1951, is as follows:
Period Amounts £ 15th December, 1951 to 15th December, 1952 130,616 16th December, 1952 to 11th December, 1953 48,325 12th December, 1953 to 10th December, 1954 17,294 11th December, 1954 to 9th December, 1955 45,046 10th December, 1955 to 14th December, 1956 34,795 15th December, 1956 to 13th December, 1957 28,425 The scales of benefit were increased in May, 1955.