HC Deb 08 February 1972 vol 830 cc320-1W
Mr. Pardoe

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will estimate from information available to him the number and proportion of households in the western sub-division of the South-West who are eligible for family income supplement; and how many have so far claimed their entitlement.

Mr. Dean

Because of the smallness of the samples on which estimates of the numbers of families eligible for family income supplement are based, it is not not possible to make such estimates on a regional basis. As to the available statistics of beneficiaries in the South-West I would refer the hon. Member to my right hon. Friend's reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Falmouth and Camborne (Mr. Mudd) on 2nd February.—[Vol. 830, c. 141.]