§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many claims for unemployment benefit have been received since the increase in the maximum number of weeks' suspension of unemployment benefit from 13 weeks to 26 weeks at unemployment benefit offices in(a) Greenock and Port Glasgow, (b) Strathclyde and (c) Scotland as a whole; in how many of these cases the maximum 26 weeks' suspension has been initially applied by the adjudication officers; in how many cases where the maximum 26 weeks' suspension has been applied the length of suspension has been reduced on review of the case; and in how many cases where the 26 weeks' suspension has been initially applied, the suspension has been reduced on appeal.
§ Mr. Lee[holding answer 6 April 1989]: The table shows, for the period April 1988 to February 1989, the number of claims for unemployment benefit that were received for the locations requested.
Information is not available on how many of these claims were disqualified by the adjudication officer, nor on the numbers where the maximum period of disqualification was imposed or reduced on review or appeal.
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Locations Number of claims taken for period April 1988 to February 1989 Greenock and Port Glasgow 6,788 Strathclyde 177,619 Scotland 456,063