§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of unemployed claimants and their dependants as a percentage of all claimants under pensionable age, for each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. PortilloThe table shows the number of unemployed supplementary benefit claimants and their dependants as a percentage of supplementary benefit claimants under pensionable age and their dependants.
Year Percentage 1977 52.83 1978 48.98 1979 47.99 1980 57.56 1981 64.76 1982 66.82 1983 65.00 1984 64.14 1986 62.63 1987 58.23 Source: Annual statistical inquiries. There was no annual statistical inquiry in 1985: the one due in December that year was deferred until February 1986.