§ Sir Brandon Rhys Williamsasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will set out a table for the years 1970 and 1984, showing numbers of recipients and dependants in receipt of supplementary benefit, and
Numbers in receipt of supplementary benefit at November 1970 and at December 1983 Hundreds Category 1970 Dependants 1983 Dependants Claimant Wife Children Other Dependants Claimant Wife Children Other Dependants Retirement Pensioners* and National Insurance Widows aged 60 and over 620 114 12 4 536 74 4 3 Unemployed 154 90 247 6 822 343 793 37 Sick and disabled 168 51 92 3 128 23 29 3 National Insurance Widows Under age 60: With dependent children 10 — 17 3 5 — 6 2 Without dependent children 17 — — — 13 — — — Other Lone Parents† 32 — 61 1 133 — 238 10 Others 21 1 2 — 109 48 38 7 Total recipients 1,022 256 431 17 1,746 488 1,108 62 * This figure includes an "others" figure of 13,400 for 1970 and 5,800 for 1980. † One parent families not included in the other groups.