Parliamentary Questions - Written Replies

JOBSEEKERS: It is estim ated that 240,000 people will lose unemployment benefit when automatic entitlement is halved to six months, the social security minister Alistair Burt said. Of those, 150,000 will receive income support.

LEGAL AID: Power to grant legal aid in criminal cases is not to be switched from magistrates to the Legal Aid Board for the time being, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Mackay of Clashfern, said.