§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will publish information on the number of claims for supplementary benefit from people required352W to be available for employment made in the three-month period before 5 October 1986, showing how many of these claims were initially abated as a result of the operation of section 20(1) of the Social Security Act 1975, together with a breakdown showing (a) the number of these initial disqualifications that were for less than six weeks, (b) the number that were later reviewed and the disqualification lifted or altered and (c) estimates of the proportions that fell under each of the heads (a) to (d) of section 20(1);
(2) if he will publish information on the number of claims for supplementary benefit made in the three-month period after 5 October 1986, showing how many of these claims were initially abated as a result of the operation of section 20(1) of the Social Security Act 1975, together with a breakdown showing (a) the number of these initial disqualifications that were for less than 13 weeks, (b) the number that were later reviewed and the disqualification lifted or altered and (c) estimates of the proportions that fell under each of the heads (a) to (d) of section 20(1).
§ Mr. PortilloThe number of claims for supplementary benefit from people required to be available for employment actually made in any given period is not available, but the number of such claims processed during the period in question is as follows:
Number 12 week period ending 23 September 1986 1,264,222 12 week period ending 16 December 1986 983,959 Information on the number of awards initially reduced pending a decision under section 20(1) of the Social Security Act 1975 and the outcome of later reviews is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.