HC Deb 15 July 1980 vol 988 c515W
Mr. George Robertson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many recipients of industrial benefit re-side in (a) Scotland and (b) the Strathclyde region.

Mr. Prentice

The estimated number of beneficiaries in Scotland, on 2 June 1979 (the latest date for which information is available), was:

Injury benefit
Men 4,000
Women 1,100
All persons 5,100

It is not possible to provide separate figures in respect of the Strathclyde region.