§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the latest estimate of the number of unemployed persons in receipt of(a) unemployment benefit only, (b) unemployment benefit combined with income support and (c) income support only.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardThe information requested is as follows. The figures relate to August 1989, the latest date for which they are available.
Number of unemployed claimants Unemployment benefit only 242,573 Unemployment benefit and income support 88,128 Income support only 1,001,918
§ Mr. JackTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he is yet in a position, following the undertaken given during the Committee stage of the Social Security Bill 1989, to publish the results of the monitoring exercise undertaken to establish the effects of the increase in the maximum period of disqualification for unemployment benefit on grounds of voluntary unemployment.
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§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardI have today arranged for copies of two reports, one by Social and Community Planning Research, the other by the Department, to be placed in the Library.