§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Minister of Social Security whether she will publish in HANSARD a table of figures giving the total weekly amounts of unemployment pay and National Assistance grants made from 1st July to the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. PentlandThese figures are compiled on a monthly basis. Payments of unemployment benefit and National Assistance to the registered unemployed were as follows:
Month Unemployment Benefit £ National Assistance £ July, 1966 … 3,637,608 2,154,409 August, 1966 … 3,333,417 1,928,914 September, 1966 … 4,624,667 2,268,090