HC Deb 02 August 1972 vol 842 cc149-50W
Mr. Alec Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many retirement pensioners there are now in Wales; and how many of these are in receipt of supplementary benefit.

Mr. Dean

It is estimated that at the end of December, 1971 there were 388,000 retirement pensioners living in Wales of whom about 134,000 were in receipt of supplementary benefit.

in a small minority of people who are sensitive to the substance but serious reactions are very rare in comparison with its enormous usage.

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