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Mr. Pavitt
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what action he pro-
| Estimated numbers of claimants receiving unemployment benefit in thousands | Estimated numbers of recipients as a percentage of registered unemployed claimants* | |||||
| Receiving flat-rate benefit with or without ERS | Receiving flat-rate benefit with ERS | Receiving flat-rate benefit with or without ERS Per cent. | Receiving flat-rate benefit with ERS Per cent. | |||
| 1978— | ||||||
| November | … | 492 | 209 | 41 | 17 | |
| 1979— | ||||||
| May | … | … | 451 | 176 | 41 | 16 |
| November | … | 467 | Not yet available | 41 | — | |
| 1980— | ||||||
| February | … | 571 | Not available | 44 | — | |
| * 100 per cent. count and 5 per cent. sample of registered unemployed which from November 1978 exclude those persons claiming neither benefit nor national insurance credits. | ||||||