§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many (a) one-parent families, (b) pensioners and (c) unemployed received supplementary benefits in 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe numbers in receipt of supplementary benefit at November-December each year were as follows:
(thousands) Year Pensioners One-Parent Families* Unemployed 1979 1,723 306 566 1980 1,694 316 854 1981 1,738 369 1,318 1982 1,781 415 1,722 1983† 1,643 448 1,818 * Excludes a small number of single parents claiming for reasons other than being a single parent. † Provisional. Source: Annual Statistical Enquiry.
§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people received supplementary benefit in 1966 and 1983, respectively.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe number of claimants receiving supplementary benefit at December 1966 was 2.5 million, compared with 4.3 million (provisional) at December 1983.
Source: Annual Statistical Enquiry.