HC Deb 10 November 1972 vol 845 c279W
Miss Pike

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in

NUMBER (IN THOUSANDS) OF EXCEPTIONAL NEEDS PAYMENTS 1968–72 (OCTOBER)
Region 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 (January October only)
Northern … … … … 44.0 49.2 53.6 54.7 58.5
Yorkshire and Humberside … 44.6 48.0 55.5 54.2 56.7
East Midlands and East Anglia … 29.0 28.9 32.3 33.2 37.4
London North … … … 41.2 40.8 45.2 46.0 50.2
London South … … … 36.1 40.0 45.8 43.9 46.5
London West … … … 24.9 26.2 30.6 33.0 35.8
South-Western … … … 34.2 33.8 37.5 36.7 38.6
West Midland … … … 44.6 46.8 55.0 58.7 65.0
North-Western Manchester … 29.5 34.4 43.4 48.8 54.2
North-Western Merseyside … 35.8 40.8 48.0 49.9 54.3
England—Total … … … 364.0 388.9 446.8 459.2 497.2
Wales … … … … 49.4 51.4 47.6 41.2 40.7
Scotland … … … … 56.9 60.1 65.4 75.4 87.1
Great Britain—Total … … 470.3 500.4 559.9 575.8 625.0
Period—months … … … 12 12 12 12 10

I regret that information about the number of people receiving payments is not available.