§ Mrs. Ewingasked the Minister of Social Security how many persons were in receipt of supplementary benefit in Lanarkshire and in the Hamilton constituency, respectively, during the month of January, 1968; and of these how many received an extra fuel allowance.
§ Mr. PentlandFigures are not available for local authority areas. In January, 1968 the four offices wholly within Lanarkshire were issuing supplementary benefit to almost 25,700 persons. Of these about 8,200 were covered by the Hamilton office, which deals with the Hamilton constituency and some other parts of the county. Special needs, including extra fuel, are normally covered by the long-term addition. Where this is inadequate for the total extra expenses further additions can be made but statistics on these are not kept locally.