Unemployment payments in January and February
Asked for weekly totals of unemployment benefit and assistance paid in January and February 1983, the Minister said available figures would be circulated in a table.
asked the Minister for Social Welfare the amounts paid in all unemployment benefit and assistance claims for each week in January and February 1983.
Comment on this
Unemployment payments may be made at local offices of my Department or in certain cases at post offices. The information available includes the actual expenditure at local offices and in respect of post offices the amounts listed by local offices for payment at post offices. The actual accounts for post office expenditure will not be available for some months. I propose to circulate the details available in the form of a tabular statement.
Following is the statement:—
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