§ Mr. George Robertsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish his estimates of the proportion of the 6,000 people in receipt of invalid care allowance who also receive, or should receive, supplementary benefit to bring it up to his Department's standard; and how many of those who will benefit from the extension of the allowance to non-relatives will require similar help.
§ Mr. PrenticeAt November 1979 about 40 per cent. of people receiving invalid care allowance were also receiving supplementary benefit. I regret that insufficient information is available about the circumstances of the rest to estimate how many of them would be entitled to supplementary benefit if they claimed. Similarly, it is not possible to make any estimate as regards non-relatives.