56.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many persons are now in receipt of constant attendance payment; and how the number compares with those for 1970 to 1974.
The number of persons in receipt of attendance allowance at 6th June 1975 and at the end of the years 1971 to 1974 is as follows:
| Per cent. of total | |
| Unemployment benefit exhausted after 312 days | 50 |
| Entitlement to unemployment benefit not yet established | 10 |
| All other categories | 40 |
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what categories of people were represented among the 159,000 unemployed in February who were registered for work but ineligible for either unemployment benefit or supplementary allowance;(2) why in February 1975 only 362,000 of the 757,000 registered unemployed were entitled to unemployment benefit.
I would refer the hon. Member to my reply to his similar Questions on 5th February.—[Vol. 885, c. 575.]