§ Mr. Mappasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if she will state for the latest available date the number of cases when National Assistance has been withheld because of the wage stop in respect of applicants unemployed and, separately, of applicants temporarily incapacitated because of sickness.
§ Miss HerbisonThe information asked for is not available.
§ Mr. Mappasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if she will state for the latest available date the number of applicants for National Assistance affected by the wage stop, the number of children consequentially involved, and the average amount of the reductions expressed in terms of the number of children in the family.
§ Miss HerbisonAt the end of June. 1965, there were 14,710 unemployed persons receiving assistance whose allowances were restricted by reference to their usual earnings. The approximate number of children involved is estimated at 60,000. Up-to-date information as requested in the last part of the Question is not available.