§ Mr. Newtonasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will list the number of special investigators employed in his Department to look into the abuse of unemployment benefit in each year since 1973.
§ Mr. John GrantThe number of special investigators employed in the Department of Employment on statistical dates in each year since 1973 is:
30th June 1973 30 31st December 1973 30 30th June 1974 41 31st December 1974 45 30th June 1975 53 31st December 1975 51 30th June 1976 55 31st December 1976 67 18th May 1977 69 9th August 1977 70