§ Mr. Kenneth Clarkeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will update the information on supplementary benefit recipients and rehabilitation centres given to the hon. Member for Rushcliffe, Official Report, 14th January 1976, column 184.
§ Mr. DeakinsThe numbers commencing courses at the Supplementary Benefits Commission's re-establishment centres were 2,415 in 1976 and 2,345 in 1977. Information regarding the number offered places is not available, but, in 1976, 855 men found work shortly after being placed on waiting lists or receiving an invitation to attend, and 858 in 1977.