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Unemployment Statistics

Volume 35: debated on Monday 17 January 1983

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asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many (a) men and (b) women receive unemployment benefit at the full rate of £25 a week (i) in Southwark, Peckham and (ii) in England and Wales as a whole;(2) how many

(a) men and (b) women receive unemployment benefit at the reduced rate of £18·75 a week (i) in Southwark, Peckham and (ii) in England and Wales as a whole;

(3) how many (a) men and (b) women receive unemployment benefit at the reduced rate of £12·50 a week (i) in Southwark, Peckham and (ii) in England and Wales as a whole;

(4) how many women receiving the full rate unemployment benefit of £25 at present are (a) married, (b) separated, (c) widowed, (d) divorced and (e) single (i) in Southwark, Peckham and (ii) in England and Wales as a whole;

(5) how many women at present receiving the reduced rate of unemployment benefit of £18·75 a week are (a) single, (b) married (c) separated, (d) widowed and (e) divorced (i) in Southwark, Peckham and (ii) in England and Wales as a whole;

(6) how many women at present receiving the reduced rate of unemployment benefit of £12·50 a week are (a) single, (b) married (c) separated, (d) widowed and (e) divorced (i) in Southwark, Peckham and (ii) in England and Wales as a whole;

Information is not available in precisely the form requested. The latest available information, for May 1982, is given in the following table. Separate figures for the Peckham constituency are not available, but the figures for the Camberwell unemployment benefit office will include the majority of claimants in the constituency.