§ Mr. WilsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish a table showing how many people were provided for by supplementary benefit or income support in Scotland in each year since 1974 separately identifying the number of children.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe information requested is in the table:
Thousands Year Total claimants, partners and dependants Of which children (0–15 years) 1974 n/a n/a 1975 449 115 1976 n/a n/a 1977 473 120 1978 468 120 1979 451 109 1980 482 119 1981 608 154 1982 705 183 1983 713 177 1984 772 195 1986 832 212 1987 862 216 1988 827 226 1989 799 223 Source: Annual Statistical Inquiries.
Notes:
(a) Information for 1974 is not available in the form requested.
(b) The Annual Statistical Inquiries for 1976 is incomplete. It does not contain details of unemployed cases.
(c) There was no Annual Statistical Inquires in 1985; the one due in December that year was deferred until February 1986.