§ Dr. Gilbertasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people over the age of 60 years have ceased to register at his Department since the long-term supplementary benefit plan came into operation in November 1981.
§ Mr. AlisonIt has been provisionally estimated that by February about 27,000 men aged 60 and over had been taken off the register, having exercised their choice of opting for the long-term rate of supplementary benefit.