Four-Week Rule

Mr. D. E. Thomas
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will publish in the Official Report the number of claimants in Wales penalised under the four-week rule for each year during which the rule was in operation.

Mr. Alec Jones
The number of awards initially limited to four weeks in Wales was as follows:------------
|1968|None |
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|1969|None |
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|1970|2,428|
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|1971|3,380|
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|1972|None |
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|1973|1,176|
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Mr. Rifkind
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many claimants in Scotland have been penalised under the four-week rule for each year during which the rule was in operation.

Mr. Alec Jones
No awards were initially limited to four weeks in Scotland in any of the years 1968 to 1972; 125 were so limited in 1973.------
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Mr. Robin F. Cook
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if she will publish in the Official Report the net amount of adult male average earnings in Scotland for each October since 1948, or the longest convenient period, and the relationship of retirement pension for a single person and married couple to these earnings.