HC Deb 24 October 1988 vol 139 c60W
Mr. Nicholas Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will give figures showing the number and proportion of recipients of supplementary pensions and supplementary allowances in May 1987 who were(a) women and (b) lone parents.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

The information is as follows:

Total claimants (Thousands) Women (Thousands) Lone parents (Thousands)
Supplementary
pension 1,280 3
claimants 1,727 (74 per cent.) (0.17 per cent.)
Supplementary
allowance 1,256 661
claimants 3,169 (40 per cent.) (21 per cent.)

Source: Annual Statistical Enquiry, May 1987.