§ Mr. David Steelasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many claimants are getting a 40p or 92p diet allowance on top of their weekly benefit; and how many claimants are paid in excess of the 92p allowance for diet.
§ Mr. DeanThe number of claimants for whom special expenses for diet were taken into account, as at November 1972, were:
40p 177,000 92p 149,000 The number of cases where the expenses exceeded 92p is not known.