§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the current number in receipt of supplementary benefit in Dundee; how many are retirement pensioners; how many are heads of one-parent families; and how many are unemployed but not in receipt of unemployment benefit.
§ Mr. NewtonThe numbers of supplementary benefit cases in action in the categories requested in the Dundee offices at the latest available dates were as follows:
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SECURITY At 7 December 1982 1. Dundee East (a) Supplementary benefit 10,866 (b) Retirement pensioners 3,257 (c) One-parent families 1,413 2. Dundee West (a) Supplementary benefit 9,973 (b) Retirement pensioners 3,887 (c) One-parent families 891 DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT At 10 February 1983 3. Dundee A, Edward Street Unemployed only in receipt of supplementary benefit 3,552 4. Dundee B and C, Gellatly Street Unemployed only in receipt of supplementary benefit* 5,497 * Includes an unidentifiable number from the Forfar area. Source: 100 per cent. count of cases in action.
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§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what number and percentage of those unemployed in Dundee and Scotland have exhausted their entitlement to unemployment benefit.
§ Mr. NewtonAt February 1983, there were 6,400 unemployed claimants in the area covered by the Dundee unemployment benefit offices, including the associated office in Forfar, who had exhausted their entitlement to unemployment benefit. This was 37.9 per cent. of the total number of unemployed claimants in that area. The comparable figures for Scotland were 125,800 and 36.5 per cent. respectively.