Supplementary Allowances (Four- Week Rule) (Hansard, 6 April 1971)

§ Mr. Dean

Supplementary allowances paid to fit, single unskilled, unemployed men under the age of 45—or a lower age, if appropriate—may be limited to four weeks at the outset of their claim in areas in which the Department of Employment 75W considers that unskilled work can be obtained without difficulty. If at the end of the four weeks the claimant is still unemployed his allowance is continued only if there is good reason why he has been unable to obtain employment. The situation in each area is kept under constant review and the arrangements may be introduced, discontinued or modified in the light of this review. At present they operate in districts within development areas as follows:

SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT AREAS
Wales
Cymmer^*	Pontypridd^*
Maesteg^*	Resolven^*
Neath^*	Ystalyfera^*
Pontardawe^*	Ystrad Mynach
Pontyclun^*

DEVELOPMENT AREAS
Wales
Blaenavon^*	Pontypool^*
Bridegend^*	Porthcawl^*
Burry Port^*	Port Talbot^*
Caerphilly^*	Rhosymedre^*
Gorseinon^*	Senghedydd^*
Llangollen^*	Swansea^*
Llanelli^*	Wrexham^*
Morriston^*	Penmaenmawr^*†
Conway^*†	Llanwrst^*†
Bethesda^*†
North west (Merseyside)
Ellesmere Port	St. Helens
Prescot	Widnes
Runcorn	Winsford
South West
Barnstaple†	Penzance†
Bideford†	St. Austell†
Ilfracombe†	Truro†
Launceston†

INTERMEDIATE AREAS
Wales
Barry^*	Newport^*
Cardiff^*	Penarth^*
Cwmbran^*	Risca^*
Llantwit Major^*
North West (Manchester)
Accrington	Gt. Harwood
Bacup	Haslingden
Blackburn	Nelson
Burnley	Padiham
Colne	Rawtenstall
Darwen
Yorkshire
Bridlington†	Normanton^*
Castleford^*	Rotherham‡
Dinnington‡	Todmorden
Filey†	Wakefield
Maltby‡
South West
Devonport	Plympton
Gunnislake†	Saltash
Plymouth	Tavistock†
^* Men under the age of 35 only.
† Summer season only.
‡ Men under the age of 30 only.