HC Deb 31 July 1958 vol 592 c201W
Mr. Hunter

asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance the number of persons in receipt of retirement pensions receiving supplementary allowances from the National Assistance Board at the latest convenient date.

Miss Pitt

The National Assistance Board informs me that at 24th June, 1958, about 879,000 weekly National Assistance grants were being paid to persons receiving National Insurance retirement pensions. Some of the grants provided for the requirements of a household with more than one pensioner.