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Mr. Peter Bottomley
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the number of unemployed claimants drawing supplementary benefits for each year since 1960; and if he will express this total as a percentage of claimants drawing supplementary allowance.
Mr. Deakins
The information is as follows:
| UNEMPLOYED RECEIVING SUPPLEMENTARY ALLOWANCES | ||
| Year | Number ('000s) | Percentage of all allowance cases |
| 1960 | 128 | 24·6 |
| 1961 | 131 | 24·6 |
| 1962 | 202 | 31·8 |
| 1963 | 185 | 28·9 |
| 1964 | 131 | 22·7 |
| 1965 | 112 | 19·4 |
| 1966 | 179 | 26·5 |
| 1967 | 224 | 29·7 |
| 1968 | 220 | 28·3 |
| 1969 | 228 | 28·0 |
| 1970 | 239 | 28·6 |
| 1971 | 387 | 39·1 |
| 1972 | 392 | 39·1 |
| 1973 | 249 | 30·0 |
| 1974 | 301 | 34·5 |
| 1975 | 541 | 48·6 |