§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many unemployed people in Walthamstow are receiving supplementary benefit; and what percentage this figure represents out of the total number of unemployed in the area.
§ Mrs. ChalkerOn 12 February 1981, the latest date for which figures are available, there were 3,500—rounded total—unemployed claimants registering at Leyton and Walthamstow unemployment benefit offices who were receiving supplementary benefit. This was 41.2 per cent. of the total number of unemployed claimants at those offices.
These figures are based on a 100 per cent. count of claimants to unemployment benefit or credits, but exclude registered unemployed non-claimants. The figures include people living outside the area who have opted to claim at those offices, and exclude people living within the area who have opted to claim at other offices.