HC Deb 27 July 1981 vol 9 c331W
Miss Richardson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will update tables 34.95 and 34.99 of the social security statistics for 1980.

Mr. Rossi

Following is the information:

SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFIT: TABLE 34.95
Unemployed recipients of regular weekly payments in a week in November-December
Year Unemployed (Thousands)* Number in receipt of supplementary benefit (Thousands)* Percentage of unemployed
1967 550 230 41
1968 540 220 41
1969 550 230 41

SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFIT: TABLE 34.99
Proportion of National Insurance beneficiaries receiving supplementary benefit on a given day (percentages)
Unemployment benefit* Sickness/Invalidity benefit† Widows benefits (excluding widows' basic pensions and widows aged 60 and over) Retirement pensions and NI widows aged 60 and over‡
1968 20.2 — 16.4 28.1
1969 22.2 18.0 16.3 27.7
1970 19.5 17.5 16.7 28.0
1971 23.4 16.5 15.0 27.7
1972 24.0 15.2 14.3 27.5
1973 21.4 12.6 12.5 26.3
1974 26.5 10.1 10.3 24.7
1975 22.7 7.4 7.1 22.2
1976 — — 6.7 22.0
1977 21.6 6.6 5.6 22.5
1978 18.3 6.2 6.2 22.5
1979 ‡‡17.2 4.3 **6.8 22.1
1980 17.2 5.5 n/a 21
Source:
Estimates based on the samples shown in the tables for the relevant benefits.
Notes:
* Based on figures supplied by the Department of Employment showing the number of persons unemployed on the day of the count for whom an order to pay supplementary benefit was still current. This is less than the number of authorisations current in the records of the local offices of the Department of Health and Social Security, because such authorisations may remain in force (subject to earnings) for a period of 15 days after the last day of unemployment.
† Due to a change in the method of estimation figures for all years from 1968 have been recalculated and differ from those given in previous publications.
‡ A man and his wife who each have a retirement pension and for whom supplementary pension is payable are counted as two individual persons and not as one household.
** Estimated figure.
‡‡ 1979 UB figure has been revised from 18.2 per cent. to 17.2 per cent. This corrected figure will appear in the 1982 edition of Social Security statistics.