§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people aged over 60 years have been taken off the unemployment register since the start of the new scheme to pay them full rate benefits last November for going off the register.
§ Mr. AlisonBy the December unemployment count it was provisionally estimated that about 21, 000 people aged 60 and over had been taken off the register, having exercised their choice of opting for the long-term rate of supplementary benefit. The number removed between the December and January count is estimated to be probably no more than about 5, 000.