§ Mr. Wareingasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average percentage proportion of (a) total incomes and (b) his Department's benefits, of additional requirement allowances paid to supplementary benefit recipients.
§ Mr. WhitneyIt is regretted that all the information is not available in the form that it is requested. Provisional estimates for December 1983 suggest that the overall proportion of total income (excluding housing benefit) was 4.7 per cent. and the overall proportion of supplementary benefit was 9.5 per cent.
Source: Annual Statistical Enquiry.