§ Mr. Squireasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish figures showing the average amount received in additional requirements to supplementary benefit (a) by all those claimants in receipt of such additions and (b) by claimants in receipt of such additions 382W in the following specific categories: (i) retirement pensioners, (ii) the unemployed, (iii) the sick and disabled and (iv) one-parent families.
§ Mr. WhitneyProvisional information at December 1983 is as follows:
Amount per week £ All claimants 3.55 Retirement pensioners 3.61 Unemployed 3.27 Sick and disabled 4.64 One parent families 3.21 Source: Annual Statistical Enquiry 1983.