§ Mr. Dellasked the Secretary of State for Employment what sums were paid in unemployment benefit on Merseyside so far during 1971 and the equivalent periods of 1970, 1969 and 1968.
§ Mr. BryanFollowing were the amounts of National Insurance unemployment benefit paid:
To end September Amount £ 1971 7,338,369 1970 5,631,949 1969 4,494,539 1968 4,152,787 These figures do not include National Insurance unemployment benefit paid by certain local education authorities to persons under 18. The amount of such benefit paid in 1971, was £167,413 and in 1970, £92,834. Comparable figures are not available for earlier years.
None of these totals includes payments made to claimants who qualified for payment by post. These figures could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.