§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Health and Social Services if he will estimate the number of people who are living below the supplementary benefit level.
§ Dr. BoysonThe latest estimates relate to 1981 when about 2,810,000 persons were living in families where the family income was below the supplementary benefit level. More details of the estimate are contained in "Low Income Families—1981", copies of which have recently been placed in the Library of the House.