HC Deb 25 November 1980 vol 994 cc51-2W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the amount of unemployment benefit paid in (a) Wolverhampton, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England and Wales as a whole at the latest available date to the following age groups (i) 16 to 19 years, (ii) 20 to 24 years and (iii) over 24 years.

Mrs. Chalker

Based on statistical information for early November 1979, it is estimated that the weekly amount of unemployment benefit paid in England to those aged 16 to 19 years was about £885,000; to those aged 20 to 24 years, it was about £1,835,000; and to those aged over 24, it was £6,410,000. I regret that comparable information for Wolverhampton and the West Midlands is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

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