asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of wage-stopped supplementary benefits paid per week at the latest available date in Bradford; what proportion this represents of supplementary benefits paid to those unemployed in Bradford; and how this compares with the proportion of wage-stopped benefits among those unemployed nationally and receiving supplementary benefit.

On 23rd November, 1971, there were 313 unemployed persons in Bradford receiving supplementary benefit who had their allowances restricted under the wage-stop provision. This figure represented 7·6 per cent. of unemployed persons receiving supplementary benefit in Bradford. The corresponding national percentage was 5·2 per cent.