Unemployed Persons (Supplementary Allowance) (Hansard, 28 February 1972)

§ Mr. Meacher

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many unemployed persons, for each month since 19th October, 1971, have had their entitlement to a supplementary allowance terminated after, respectively, four weeks and three months; how many have had 53W their application for a renewal of their allowance accepted, and how many have had it refused during each of these months; how many have appealed successfully and how many unsuccessfully; and what is the cumulative total to date since July, 1968, in each of these categories.

TABLE A—SUPPLEMENTARY ALLOWANCES ISSUED INITIALLY FOR A LIMITED PERIOD
Statistical period	Allowance limited initially to maximum of 4 weeks	Number of allowances renewed at 4 weeks	Allowances not renewed
				Appeals to Tribunal
			All refusals	Claimant successful	Claimant not successful
20th October to 23rd November, 1971 (5 weeks)	3,730	419	81	5	28
24th November to 14th December, 1971 (3 weeks)	2,496	344	52	9	22
15th December, 1971 to 18th January, 1972 (5 weeks)	2,848	596	48	8	44
Total	9,074	1,359	181	22	94

TABLE B—SUPPLEMENTARY ALLOWANCES REVIEWED AFTER THREE MONTHS^*
Statistical period†	Allowances on which a limit of a further four weeks benefit was imposed	Appeals against cessation of benefit
		Claimant successful	Claimant unsuccessful
22nd September to 14th December, 1971	367	6	8
^* Total number reviewed not recorded.
† Quarterly returns.

TABLE C—CUMULATIVE TOTALS OF SUPPLEMENTARY ALLOWANCES ISSUED FOR LIMITED PERIODS OCTOBER, 1968 TO JANUARY, 1972
Awards made initially for tour weeks at outset of claim	…	…	…	…	…	244,166
Awards reviewed after three months and at that point limited to a further four weeks (to December, 1971)	…	…	…	…	…	14,304
Allowances extended at end of four weeks without appea	…	…	…	…	…	10,245
Appeals against curtailment of allowances:
Claimant successful	…	…	…	…	…	401
Claimant unsuccessful	…	…	…	…	…	2,419

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