§ Mr. Rossasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if he will give the number of pensioners in receipt of supplementation of benefit in each of the six latest available months.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterThe number of weekly allowances of National Assistance paid to persons receiving National Insurance retirement pensions was 906,000 in June, 1956, 911,000 in September, 1956, and 927,000 in December, 1956. As this information is obtained quarterly figures are not available for the other months. Some of the allowances provided for the requirements of a household with more than one pensioner.