HC Deb 15 February 1977 vol 926 c173W
Mr. Cowans

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many persons, their unemployment benefit having run out, are now in receipt of supplementary benefit in the Northern Region for the years 1974 to date and: (a) how many of these are men, and (b) how many of these are women.

Mr. Deakins

The information is shown in the following table:

REGISTERED UNEMPLOYED PERSONS* IN THE NORTHERN REGION† WHO ARE RECEIVING SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFIT HAVING EXHAUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT
Year (August) Total Men Women
1974 15,000 14,000 1,000
1975 15,000 14,000 1,000
1976 21,000 19,000 2,000
* To the nearest 1,000.
The Northern Region of the Department of Employment.