§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many claims for family income supplement were received, how many awards made and how many claims rejected in each week since 22nd June, 1971.
§ Mr. DeanThe information is as follows:
made following limitation of an allowance after it has been running three months.
No information is available about second renewal claims.
§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many persons who have been told in the last year that they will be liable to withdrawal of their supplementary allowance after four weeks under the four-week rule in fact cease to draw their supplementary allowance after, respectively, one, two, three and four weeks;
(2) of those subject in the last year to withdrawal of their supplementary allowance under the four-week rule, how many of those who drew this allowance in the fourth and last week before it was cut off remained thereafter unemployed;
(3) how many of those persons who since October, 1968, have received a 379W limited award of supplementary allowance after three months under the four-week rule were, respectively, married men, skilled workers, women, or belonged to some other category;
(4) what percentage of the work force were subject to the four-week rule, either initially or after three months, during the three-month period to January 1970 and for successive three-month periods thereafter in the following regions, respectively; London and South-Eastern, Eastern and Southern. South-East, East Anglia, South-West, West Midlands, East Midlands, Yorkshire and Humberside, North-West, North, Wales, Scotland, Greater London, the Manchester area, and the Merseyside area.
§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many of those who in the last year applied for a
(1) (2) (3) Number of awards limited at the outset of a claim made between 14th October, 1968 and 19th October, 1971 Number of awards limited, after 3 months, between 14th October, 1968 and 17th November, 1970* Number of awards limited after 3 months where no further payment was made—18th November 1970 to 21st September, 1971* Yorkshire and Humberside … 27,972 1,007 275 East Midlands and East Anglia … 27,323 1,483 211 London North … … … 25,155 962 144 London South … … … 37,439 2,129 299 London West … … … 34,790 2,949 513 South Western … … … 19,483 691 222 West Midlands … … … 29,465 741 249 North Western (Manchester) … 20,030 808 259 North Western (Merseyside) … 7,627 949 46 Wales … … … … 5,808 — — * The method of recording such cases was changed as from 18th November, 1970.