asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons in the London borough of Hackney claimed and how many were paid unemployment benefit in the week preceding
give a breakdown of male and female occupation.
Following is the table:
the three-day week; and how many claimed and how many were paid such benefit in the period following the three-day week to date.
My Department does not maintain records of the total number of people claiming unemployment benefit and/or supplementary allowances. On 10th December 1973 the number of persons registered as unemployed in the Hackney local office area was 1,442; in addition, four persons were temporarily stopped and claiming benefit on that day. On 14th January 1974 the comparable figures were 1,964 and 4,348 respectively. The following table shows estimates of the number of temporarily stopped workers claiming unemployment benefit in the Hackney local office area on each Monday and Thursday since the three-day week began:1. Estimates of the number of persons laid off and claiming unemployment benefit in the
| Payments by the local office | Payments by employers | |||||
| by Cash (no breakdown available) | by Girocheque | |||||
| £ | £ | £ | ||||
| Week Commencing | ||||||
| 17th December 1973 | … | … | … | 203 | 1,194 | — |
| 24th December 1973 | … | … | … | 162 | 366 | — |
| 31st December 1973 | … | … | … | — | 971 | — |
| 7th January 1974 | … | … | … | — | 277 | 72 |
| 14th January 1974 | … | … | … | — | 2,774 | 622 |
| 21st January 1974 | … | … | … | — | 1,372 | 1,117 |
| 28th January 1974 | … | … | … | — | 1,924 | 977 |