HC Deb 17 February 1989 vol 147 c404W
Mr. Hume

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what information he has on the numbers of dependants of those claiming income support or supplementary benefit in each social security office in the past four years.

Mr. Needham

[holding answer 13 February 1989]: The available information, which is based on a 5 per cent, sample, is as follows:

1986 1987
Dependants of people on supplementary benefit 183,700 185,800