§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many unemployed persons were receiving neither unemployment nor supplementary benefit at the latest date; and if he will give comparable figures for 1979.
§ Mr. NewtonAt August 1982 there were 440,000 unemployed people claiming either benefit or credits who were receiving neither unemployment nor supplementary benefit. The comparable figure for August 1979 was 248,000. The figures include those whose benefit entitlement had not been determined at the date of the count.