§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will publish a table from the low-income families statistics showing the number of children living in Scotland below, at or up to 40 per cent. above supplementary benefit level in 1979 and 1981, 1983 and 1985; and what proportion of Scottish children they represent in each case;
(2) if he will publish a table from the low-income families statistics showing the number of (a) persons and (b) households in Scotland below, at or up to 40 per cent. above supplementary benefit level in 1979 and 1985; and what proportion of the Scottish population they represent in each case.
§ Mr. PortilloI refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Livingston (Mr. Cook) on 27 May 1988 at columns413–14.