§ Mr. Newensasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many wage-stopped supplementary benefit claimants have had their benefit restricted by the wage stop regulations for two years or more.
§ Mr. Robert C. BrownI regret that the information is not available.
§ Mr. Newensasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of supplementary benefit claimants whose income is reduced through the wage stop after adjustments have been made in connection with the new national joint council agreement for light labourers.
§ Mr. Robert C. BrownI will send my hon. Friend the information as soon as it is available.
§ Mr. Newensasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will give a breakdown of the incidence of the wage-stop by the administrative regions of her Department.
§ Mr. Robert C. BrownFollowing is the information in regard to unemployed,66W temporarily sick and other recipients of supplementary benefit on 29th January 1974, the latest date for which information is available:
Region Number of recipients of benefit limited by wage stop Northern 1,057 Yorkshire 888 East-Midlands and East Anglia 482 London North 287 London South 419 London West 150 South-Western 333 West-Midlands 631 North-Western (Manchester) 796 North-Western (Merseyside) 1,458 Wales 517 Scotland 2,579 Great Britain Total 9,597 This information was obtained before effect could be given to the Supplementary Benefits Commission's review, from 7th November 1973, of cases in which the wage stop was applied to unemployed labourers by reference to the wage rates applicable to manual workers employed by local authorities.