§ Mr. Chris Smithasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many households are in receipt of supplementary benefit housing addition payments for mortgage interest in (a) London and (b) Great Britain.
§ Mr. WhitneyProvisional estimates for December 1983* indicate that in some 250,000 cases in Great Britain an amount for mortgage interest was included in the supplementary benefit assessment.
Separate estimates for London are not available.
* The latest date for which information is available.Source: "Annual Statistical Enquiry".
Families and Single People in Scotland with Income at Specific Levels. Below supplementary benefit level In receipt of supplementary benefit Above supplementary benefit level but less than 40 per cent above 1981 1979 1981 1979 1981 1979 Estimated number of families and single people (thousands) 110 110 300 260 400 270 Percentage of all families in Scotland 4 5 12 11 16 11 Note: The figures for 1979 and 1981 are not strictly comparable because of changes in the rules relating to heating additions.