§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the total cost in Burnley of payments to the unemployed in each year since 1979 of (i) unemployment benefit, (ii) supplementary allowances and (iii) housing benefits, respectively.
§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish a table showing the numbers of unemployed people in Burnley, by entitlement to benefit for each year since 1979 and distinguishing between the following (i) unemployment benefit only, (ii) unemployment benefit and supplementary benefit, (iii) supplementary benefit only, (iv) no benefit and (v) housing benefit.
§ Mr. MajorThe following table shows the numbers of unemployed people in Burnley in November each year 543W since 1979 receiving the following benefits (i) unemployment benefit only, (ii) unemployment and supplementary
Burnley Thousands Unemployment benefit Unemployment and supplementary benefit Supplementary benefit No benefit Total 1979 1.0 0.2 1.0 0.6 2.8 1980 3.3 0.6 1.7 0.9 6.5 1982* 2.6 0.9 3.9 1.5 8.9 1983 2.2 0.7 4.5 1.3 8.7 1985* 1.8 0.6 4.1 1.4 7.9 * Figures for 1981 and 1984 are not available because of industrial action. Source: Quarterly count of unemployed claimants.