§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how much money was paid by his Department in unemployment benefit in each of the last five years; and what was the average number of people in receipt of unemployment benefit in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. BurtThe information for the latest five years for which figures are available is in the table:
Unemployment benefit expenditure £ million 1987–88 1,468 1988–89 1,107 1989–90 733 1990–91 870 1991–92 1,604
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Average number of people receiving unemployment benefit Number 1987–88 815,000 1988–89 600,000 1989–90 375,000 1990–91 425,000 1991–92 675,000 Notes:
1. Amounts of benefit are rounded to the nearest £ million.
2. Numbers of beneficiaries are rounded to the nearest five thousand.