§ Mr. Alec Jonesasked the Minister of Social Security how many unemployed persons were on the books of her Department in Rhondda at the most recent date who had exhausted their entitlement to unemployment benefit; and how this figure compares with the corresponding date last year.
§ Mr. PentlandThe Rhondda is served by the employment exchanges at Tonypandy, Ferndale and Treorchy. On 6th November, 1967 there was a total of 672 141W people registered at these three exchanges who had exhausted their entitlement to unemployment benefit, 640 of whom were receiving supplementary allowances from my Department. The corresponding figures on 7th November, 1966 were 329 and 314.