§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his latest estimate of the numbers who claim (a) unemployment benefit and (b) supplementary benefit as unemployed claimants; what are the total numbers who are dependent on these claimants; what are the total yearly amounts paid in unemployment benefit and supplementary benefit for the unemployed; and if he will publish these figures also on a regional basis.
§ Mr. Lyell[pursuant to his reply, 1 December 1986, c. 535]: The available information is given in the tables.
for children. In supplementary benefit cases adult dependants and children are included. A regional breakdown for these figures is available only for supplementary benefit cases and is as shown in the following table.