§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many persons registered as unemployed are actually receiving unemployment benefit; and what percentage of the total this represents;
(2) how many person registered as unemployed do not receive any benefit at all; and what percentage this is of the total.
§ Mr. WaddingtonIn December 1980, there were 2,150,000 registered unemployed in Great Britain, of these 103,000 were not claiming unemployment benefit, supplementary allowance or national insurance credits. This figure represented 5 per cent. of the total registered unemployed.
My Department does not have information on how many of those who were claiming were not in receipt of unemployment benefit or supplementary allowance, which is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Services.