§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many persons, male and female, respectively, who are currently unemployed are receiving no unemployment benefit, and what percentage of the unemployed this figure represents;
(2) how many of the people, male and female, respectively, included in the most recent unemployment figures are in receipt neither of unemployment benefit nor of supplementary allowances; and what percentage of the unemployment figures these people constitute.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithOn 8th November, 1971, the latest date for which the requisite information is available, it is estimated that about 355,000 males and 77,000 females who constituted 47 per cent. of the 926,000 persons registered as unemployed were not receiving unemployment benefit. Of these people about 144,000 males and 47,000 females 191W or 21 per cent. of all registrants were receiving neither unemployment benefit nor supplementary allowance.