HC Deb 29 April 1963 vol 676 cc64-5W
68. Mr. Brockway

asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance how many youths in the County of Buckinghamshire received unemployment benefit and National Assistance during 1960–61 and 1961–62, respectively; what was the total sum paid out in each of those years; and what were the respective figures for the Borough of Slough.

Mr. N. Macpherson

Figures are not available precisely as requested, but it is estimated that the number of youths under age 18 who claimed unemployment benefit or National Assistance in Buckinghamshire was about 100 in the financial year 1960–61 and 90 in 1961–62, of whom about 50 and 25 respectively claimed at the Youth Employment Office in Slough.

The total sums paid to them were, for Buckinghamshire, about £260 and £490, and at Slough £25 and £170.