§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list by month for the last 12 months and by employment region the number of people disallowed unemployment benefit.
§ Mr. AncramResponsibility for the subject in question has been delegated to the Social Security Agency under its chief executive, Mr. Alec Wylie. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Alec Wylie to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 8 July 1993:
349WAs I am responsible for Social Security operational matters, your recent Parliamentary Question on the number of disallowances of Unemployment Benefit in the employ-ment regions of Northern Ireland each month in the last 12 months has been passed to me for reply.
Unemployment benefit disallowances in Northern Ireland from July 1992 to June 1993 1992 1993 District July August September October November December January February March April May June Belfast North 175 145 136 134 160 140 140 150 140 152 115 201 Belfast South and Down 174 150 161 182 197 161 139 178 193 137 111 168 North West 132 101 141 170 163 168 133 119 148 181 180 172 Laganbann 123 165 147 240 217 210 201 203 212 182 186 202 North East 150 104 122 186 203 189 174 176 210 211 184 176 Central 161 72 105 132 94 82 167 105 123 170 99 112 Mourne 121 113 107 164 149 151 131 165 174 131 153 151 East 184 205 266 715 545 349 317 435 364 369 404 542 Belfast West 62 92 67 59 69 33 89 61 101 49 114 86 South East Antrim 194 218 238 410 265 235 299 350 342 329 259 315 West 104 64 118 120 113 126 91 143 150 145 83 85 TOTAL 1,580 1,429 1,608 2,512 2,175 1,844 1,881 2,085 2,157 2,056 1,888 2,210