§ Dame Joan Vickersasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what amount of money has been paid in the years 1966 and 1967 to women and children who have been granted maintenance allowance by the courts to make up for the failure of these payments.
§ Mr. SwinglerI regret that this information is not available. However, in June 1967 31,500 of the 70,000 main-
Area Total number who had exhausted their unemployment benefit Number who had exhausted their unemployment benefit and were receiving supplementary allowance 31st July, 1967 5th August, 1968* 31st July, 1967 5th August, 1968* Rhondda† … … … 461 635 435 611 Wales … … … 6,600 10,200 5,800 8,700 Great Britain … … … 62,000 106,000 49,000 82,000 *The latest date for which complete figures are available. † Figures relate to the employment exchanges at Tonypandy, Ferndale and Treorchy which serve the Rhondda.