§ Mr. LewisTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total number of persons nationally who are currently in receipt of class 1 national insurance credits only, during unemployment.
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Employment Service Agency under its chief executive. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from M. E. G. Fogden to Mr. Terry Lewis, dated 20 October 1994:
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question about the total number of persons, nationally, who are currently in receipt of Class 1 National Insurance credits only, during unemployment.The information you have requested is not fully available. However, the number of persons nationally, who were registered as unemployed and receiving neither unemployment benefit nor 329W Income Support on 12 May was 281,318. The vast majority, but not all, of these persons, would have been receiving Class 1 National Insurance credits only. More recent data can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.It must be noted that of these persons, 47,598 were yet to have their unemployment benefit entitlement established.I hope this is helpful.