HL Deb 22 March 1979 vol 399 cc1404-6WA
Lord VAIZEY

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will list the number of claimants drawing (i) flat rate national

NUMBER OF CLAIMANTS RECEIVING (i) FLAT-RATE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT WITH OR WITHOUT EARNINGS-RELATED SUPPLEMENT(1) AND (ii) FLAT-RATE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT WITH EARNINGS-RELATED SUPPLEMENT (ERS)(2)
Estimated numbers of claimants thousands GB Estimated number of claimants as a percentage of the registered unemployed
Year November) Receiving flat-rate unemployment benefit with or without ERS Receiving flat-rate unemployment benefit with ERS Receiving flat-rate unemployment benefit with or without ERS Receiving flat-rate unemployment benefit with ERS
1948 … 255 78
1949 … 247 76
1950 … 212 70
1951 … 199 69
1952 … 292 72
1953 … 206 64
1954 … 150 57
1955 … 124 55
1956 … 155 58
1957 … 188 59
1958 … 334 63
1959 … 241 56
1960 … 178 51
1961 … 202 53
1962 … 314 58
1963 … 254 53
1964 … 172 49
1965 … 166 51
1966 … 275 58 57 12
1967 … 318 95 56 17
1968 … 294 97 53 18
1969 … 279 92 50 17
1970 … 302 104 51 17
1971 … 459 164 53 19
1972 … 352 124 45 16
1973 … 197 78 39 15
1974 … 275 106 44 17
1975 … 525 235 49 22
1976 (May) … 587 49 49 20
1977 … 561 238 42 18
1978 (May) … 526 204 41 16
Notes:
(1) Taken from a 100 per cent. count on a day in November each year except 1976 and 1978 when the figures given refer to May (no count was made in November 1976 because of industrial action and the figures for 1978 are not yet available).
(2) Earnings-related supplement was introduced in October 1966. Estimates of ERS are derived from a 5 per cent. sample count made on the same day as the 100 per cent. count referred to above.
House adjourned at twenty four minutes before ten o'clock.

insurance and (ii) earnings related unemployment benefit for each year since 1948, and whether they will list these totals as a percentage of the registered unemployed.

Lord WELLS-PESTELL

The information requested is given below: