Mr. Cookasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people in the Stockton area have exhausted their right to unemployment benefit; and what percentage of the unemployed population in Stockton they represent.
§ Dr. BoysonAt November 1983, there were 4,518 unemployed claimants in the area covered by the Stockton and Thornaby unemployment benefit offices who had exhausted their entitlement to unemployment benefit. This was 39.7 per cent. of the total number of unemployed claimants in that area.