(1) (a) How many persons have claimed from the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) for unemployment (i) in the (aa) 2007-08 and (bb) 2008-09 financial years and (ii) during the period 1 April 2009 up to the latest specified date for which information is available and (b) what monetary reserves does the UIF have; (2) whether these reserves are sufficient to meet the number of applications for UIF payments; if not, what is his department doing to ensure that those eligible for UIF payments can claim; (3) whether the number of persons applying to claim for unemployment from the UIF increased over the past few years; if so, (4) whether this is a result of the current financial recession; if so, what are the relevant details?