§ Mrs. Chalkerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the amount of supplementary benefit or national assistance overpaid and claimed back from the estates of deceased recipients of benefit for each of the years 1959 to 1973.
§ Mr. O'MalleyThe information is as follows:
Year Amount recovered £ 1959–60 262,110 1960–61 252,216 1961–62 307,502 1962–63 293,413 1963–64 304,168 1964–65 277,754 1965–66 284,436 1966–67 292.054 1967–68 300,018 1968–69 367,921 1969–70 429,102 1970–71 526,841 1971–72 665,662 1972–73 717,207 1973–74 867,964