§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) Number on strike for more than two weeks (1) as percentage of all strikers Number of strikers receiving benefit (3) as percentage of(1) Average total amount per recipient Average individual weekly payment Value of (6) in 1970 terms £ £ £ 1970 556,000 31.0 102,426 18.4 14.14 5.95 5.95 1971 345,000 29.4 126,895 36.8 34.00 7.07 6.46 1972 768,800 44.5 249,661 32.5 34.29 7.16 6.13 1973 296,800 19.5 36,040 12.1 20.32 8.59 6.76 1974 686,400 42.4 157,147 22.9 32.08 10.47 7.06 1975 205,300 26.0 26,544 12.9 29.33 10.93 5.90 1976 113,400 16.9 10,048 8.9 36.34 15.10 6.97 1977 366,300 31.7 53,871 14.7 46.47 17.49 6.95 1978 378,800 37.8 44,956 11.9 74.09 15.51 5.69