§ Mr. Normantonasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will investigate the extent to which the unemployment figures are distorted by the inclusion of persons who have no intention of working, who engage in criminal activities as a way of life, and who draw tax-free assistance while in receipt of an income, sometimes in a false name.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithNo. Matters of this kind have been examined recently by the Committee on Abuse of Social Security Benefits—report published March 1973, Cmnd. 5228—and the Inter-Departmental Working Party on Unemployment Statistics—report published November 1972, Cmnd. 5157.