§ Mr. Hordernasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people were in receipt of supplementary benefit as a result of being unemployed for more than six months in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. OrmeInformation is not available prior to 1973 nor yet for 1978.
The table below shows, for each of the other years, the number of persons who had been registering unemployed for six months and were receiving supplementary benefit:
Year (May) Number of persons (Thousands) 1973 167 1974 121 1975 144 1976 278 1977 341
§ Mrs. Wiseasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people who are in receipt of sickness benefit are also receiving supplementary benefit; and what is the average amount of supplementary benefit paid to each.
§ Mr. OrmeThe latest available information relates to December 1976 when 74,000 people receiving sickness* benefit were also receiving supplementary benefit: their average weekly supplementary benefit payment was £7.08.
* Includes injury and invalidity benefit and maternity allowance, but not noncontributory invalidity benefit.