§ Mrs. Wiseasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his estimate of the proportion of unemployed people who draw earnings-related benefits.
§ Mr. DeakinsAt 3rd May 1976, the latest date for which the information is available, about 21 per cent. of those registered as unemployed were receiving earnings-related supplement.
§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will compare the net weekly spending power of a man with a wife and two children whose rent is £4.72 per week and rates £1.90 per week (a) who is receiving the present basic agricultural wage of £36.50 and (b) when he receives the new agreed rate of £39, with his net weekly spending power when unemployed and also when receiving supplementary benefit only.
§ Mr. OrmeComparisons of net weekly spending power involving yearly wage increases and changes in tax and benefit levels are valid only when made over a period of a year. The figures given in the table below therefore compare the net weekly spending power of a man with earnings of £36.50 in November 1975 with his position a year later with earnings of £39 a week.
security payments resulted in prosecutions; and with what results.
§ Mr. OrmeIn the first six months of this year, about 28,000 cases of fraud were detected. During the same period more than 9,000 prosecutions were taken 737W with convictions being obtained in about 98 per cent. of the cases.