§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services of the 166,000 supplementary pensioners, whose special needs in November, 1970, included extra heating and exceeded 50p per week, how many received for this purpose 20p and 40p, respectively, in addition to the 50p long-term addition.
§ Mr. DeanThe allowable heating expenses broke down as follows:
About 20p 145,000 About 40p 19,500 Other 1,500 These expenses counted towards the calculation of the benefit payable over and above the long-term addition. The actual amount of benefit received will have depended upon the total of the heating expense and any other special expenses which were taken into account in each individual case.