§ Mr. Haireasked the Minister of National Insurance how many persons in the Wycombe area have in the last year received old age pensions, children's allowances and industrial injuries benefit, and the cash amount involved in each case.
§ Dr. SummerskillStatistics of these payments are not kept on a basis which would enable them to be broken down by localities to give the information asked for.
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§ Mr. Haireasked the Minister of National Insurance how many supplementary pensions have been granted in the Wycombe area in the last year, and the cash value.
§ Dr. SummerskillI regret that the information asked for is not available, but at the end of September last, 944 noncontributory pensioners or retirement pensioners living in the area administered from the Board's office at High Wycombe were receiving regular weekly grants of National Assistance.