HC Deb 21 May 1981 vol 5 cc162-3W
Mr. Field

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will update the information on the amount paid out in benefit to strikers along the lines of the answer to the hon. Member for Birkenhead on 11 June 1979.

Mr. Rossi

The information requested is as follows:

Amount paid in benefit Number of claimants
(a) (b) (a) (b)
Strikers' Families £ Single Strikers £ Strikers' Families Single Strikers
1979 2,525,618 6,100 49,656 251
1980 (to November) 9,832,829 129,580 53,458 2,030
Payments for day-to-day living expenses (strikers' families) Urgent Need Payments
(a) (b) (a) (b)
Amount £ Number of Claimants Amount £ Number of Payments
1980 (December) 6,640 83 21 2
1981 (to 14 April) 143,345 2,404 111 4

Note: The revised format reflects the way in which information is collected following the Social Security (No. 2) Act 1980.