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Unemployment Benefit

Volume 933: debated on Monday 13 June 1977

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asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will list in the Official Report the total number of persons aged 16 to 21 years to whom unemployment benefits and social security were paid in each of the years from 1972 to 1976;(2) if he will list in the

Official Report the total amount paid hi Social Security to persons aged between 16 and 21 years in each of the years from 1972 to 1976;

(3) if he will list in the Official Report the total amount paid in unemployment benefits to persons aged between 16 to 21 years in each of the years from 1972 to 1976.

pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 17th May 1977; Vol. 932, c. 117], supplied the following information:The available information is given below, but because data is not collected in the form requested by my hon. Friend, the figures shown in the table are subject

PERSONS AGED 16 TO 21 YEARS
Financial yearEstimated average number in receipt of unemployment benefit and or supplementary benefit at any on e time (thousands)Amount paid in supplementary benefit (£ million)Amount paid in unemployment benefit (including earnings-related supplement) (£ million)
1971–721702321
1972–731723418
1973–741253112
1974–751424417
1975–762889852
Notes:
1. The figures do not include persons treated as dependants of other claimants to benefit.
2. All young persons became eligible for the full adult-rate of unemployment benefit and earnings-related supplement from April 1975.