§ Mr. Cyril Smithasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his Department's estimate of the number of persons who will be affected (a) by the proposal to claw back unemployment benefit paid to occupational pensioners and (b) by the proposal not to increase the earnings limit for retirement pensioners.
§ Mr. OrmeThe latest estimates are that 16,000 persons will be affected by the proposal to restrict the unemployment benefit entitlement of occupational pensioners, and 95,000 families by the proposal not to increase the earnings limit for pensioners.