§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will give the numbers of
Numbers Receiving Benefit Total Registered Unemployed claimants Unemployment benefit Supplementary benefit✶ Unemployment and Supplementary benefit Not receiving benefit 8 November 1979 1,151,800 386,600 471,700 80,100 213,400 13 November 1980 1,895,100 778,600 663,900 161,300 291,300 ✶Includes 90,200 (1979) and 133,700 (1980)claimants whose entitlement to benefit had not been determined at the date of the count. source: 100 per cent of claimants for unemployment benefits or credits. The hon. Member may like to know that figures for these categories can be found in the "Quarterly Analysis of Registered Unemployment Claimants (Great Britain)", a copy of which, from the February 1980 analysis onwards, is in the Library of the House.