HC Deb 19 April 1977 vol 930 c64W
Mr. Peter Bottomley

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the number of unemployed claimants drawing supplementary benefits for each year since 1960; and if he will express this total as a percentage of claimants drawing supplementary allowance.

Mr. Deakins

The information is as follows:

UNEMPLOYED RECEIVING SUPPLEMENTARY ALLOWANCES
Year Number ('000s) Percentage of all allowance cases
1960 128 24.6
1961 131 24.6
1962 202 31.8
1963 185 28.9
1964 131 22.7
1965 112 19.4
1966 179 26.5
1967 224 29.7
1968 220 28.3
1969 228 28.0
1970 239 28.6
1971 387 39.1
1972 392 39.1
1973 249 30.0
1974 301 34.5
1975 541 48.6
I regret that no figure for 1976 is yet available.

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