§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many 16 to 19-year-olds draw unemployment or, because of unemployment, supplementary benefit; and what is the total cost of paying benefit to this group of claimants.
§ Mr. RossiAt the latest date for which estimates are available, late 1980, the number of unemployed 16 to 19-year-olds receiving unemployment benefit, unemployment benefit with supplementary allowance, or supplementary allowance only, was 325,000. The total weekly cost after the November 1980 uprating is estimated at £6.3 million.
Sources: Unemployment Benefit Statistics, November 1980, Annual Statistical Inquiry, December 1980.
Totals expressed as round figures.