§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many families receive family credit in(a) Greenock and Port Glasgow, (b) Strathclyde and (c) Scotland as a whole and what is his estimated number of families in each of (a), (b) and (c) who are entitled to family credit.
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27 November 1979 (supplementary benefit) 30 November 1988 (income support) Sheffield North West 12,433 16,069 Sheffield South East 7,906 11,679 Sheffield South West 9,157 14,516 Wath-on-Dearne 4,170 7,118 Source: 100 per cent. count of cases in action. The figures given include a small number of cases not actually in receipt of benefit. The data for 1988 are provisional and subject to amendment.