HC Deb 18 May 1989 vol 153 cc269-70W
Mr. Andrew Bowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many women aged 70 to 75 years receive(a) income support and (b) housing benefit; and if he will state these figures as a proportion of the total number of women aged 70 to 75 years.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

The latest estimate is that there are some 249,000 women aged 70 to 74 (inclusive) dependent on income support. This represents 20 per cent, of all women in this age group.

I regret that similar information is not available for housing benefit.