§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many unemployed people in receipt of supplementary benefit receive the heating allowance; and what this figure represents as a percentage of the total unemployed supplementary benefit population.
§ Mr. WhitneyProvisional estimates suggest that in December 1983 about 600,000 unemployed people were receiving supplementary benefit heating additions; this represents about 33 per cent. of the number of unemployed people we estimate were receiving supplementary benefit in December 1983.