§ Mr. Cowansasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many persons, their unemployment benefit having expired, are now in receipt of supplementary benefit to the latest convenient date, in the Northern Region; how many of these are men and how many are women; and how these figures compare with other regions.
§ Mr. OrmeInformation at August 1977 is in the following table:
UNEMPLOYMENT PERSONS RECEIVING SUPPLEMENTAY BENEFIT HAVING EXHAUSTED TITLE TO UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT* (Thousands) Region† Total Men Women Northern 24.3 21.7 2.6 Other English Regions South-Eastern 37.9 32.8 5.2 East-Anglia 4.9 4.3 0.6 South-Western 15.2 13.3 1.9 West Midlands 24.1 21.3 2.8 East Midlands 13.0 11.7 1.3 Yorkshire and Humberside 22.4 20.1 2.3 North-Western 45.5 41.6 4.0 Wales 16.3 14.9 1.5 Scotland 35.7 31.7 4.0 All regions 239.4 213.3 26.0 Notes:
* Separate figures are not available for persons whose supplementary benefit commenced only after unemployment benefit was exhausted.
† Administrative regions.