§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, how many payments of unemployment benefit were made in 1973 per head of population in (a) Great Britain, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) the eight English regions, respectively.
§ Mr. O'MalleyThe information required is not readily available in the 405W form requested. The following table gives the available information about the numbers of insured persons receiving unemployment benefit on 5th November
Males Females Number receiving unemployment benefit— Number receiving unemployment benefit— All recipients (thousands) Number per thousand of insured population* All recipients† (thousands) Great Britain … 166 12.3 31 Scotland … 24 19.3 8 Wales … 11 17.4 2 England— Northern Region … 18 22.0 4 Yorkshire and Humberside Region … 16 12.8 2 East Midlands Region … 7 8.6 1 East Anglia Region … 4 9.8 1 South East Region … 37 8.1 5 South Western Region … 11 14.2 2 West Midlands Region … 12 8.3 2 North Western Region … 27 16.1 5 * Based on the male average population at risk for 1971–72. † The Regional distribution of the female population at risk is not available.