HC Deb 16 December 1969 vol 793 cc299-300W
Mr. Holland

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what distinction is made in enumerating people registered as unemployed between those claiming and not claiming benefit and those above or below retiring age.

Mr. Harold Walker

All these categories are included without distinction in the monthly statistics of the registered unemployed. Each January and July an age-analysis is made of the registered wholly unemployed and this shows who are above or below retiring age. Once each quarter an analysis is published showing the numbers receiving unemployment benefit and supplementary allowances.