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Mr. Corbett
asked the Secretary of State for Social Serevices, for each year since 1973, what was the total number of (a) males and (b) females in receipt of supplementary benefit following the expiry of their entitlement to unemployment benefit.
Mr. Deakins
The information is as follows:
| UNEMPLOYED PERSONS RECEIVING SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFIT HAVING EXHAUSTED TITLE TO UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT | ||||
| (Thousands) | ||||
| Year (August) | Number of | |||
| … | … | Males | Females | |
| 1973 | … | … | 125 | 10 |
| 1974 | … | … | 99 | 8 |
| 1975* | … | … | 109 | 9 |
| 1976 | … | … | 169 | 16 |
| 1977 | … | … | 213 | 26 |
Source: 100 per cent. count at unemployed benefit offices. Additionally there would have been a few cases where payment was not yet being made through those offices.
* Estimated.