HC Deb 15 January 1987 vol 108 cc304-5W
Mr. Gordon Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his estimate of the numbers and proportion of unemployed persons who are not in receipt of any social security benefit.

Mr. Lyell

At 14 August 1986 the total number of unemployed claimants was 3,168,100. Of these 520,548 (16.43 per cent.) were not in receipt of unemployment benefit or supplementary benefit (though some may have had other benefits, for example, child benefit).