§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will state the number of recipients of supplementary
Retirement Pensioners* Sick or Disabled Unemployed (Thousands) Women under 60 with dependent children† Year Number Index Number Index Number Index Number Index 1951 … 942 100 403 100 125 100 — — 1956 … 1,107 118 419 104 166 132 166 100 1961 … 1,253 133 452 112 317 253 226 136 1967 … 1,912 205 539 134 604 482 424 255 1968 … 1,987 211 559 139 608 485 479 288 1969 … 2,037 216 563 140 617 492 527 317 1970 … 2,089 222 552 137 617 492 565 340 1971 … 2,156 229 481 119 993 792 635 382 1972 … 2,149 228 459 114 1,000 797 668 402 *Excludes widow pensioners aged 60–64 but includes from 1970 people receiving old persons' pensions. † Information not available for this category before 1954. One-parent families as such were not categorised separately until 1968 and these figures do not include persons receiving widows, benefit with children or, of course, one-parent families with a male head. Separate figures of widowed divorced or separated women without children were not recorded before 1968.
§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will state the number of recipients of supplementary benefits, plus the estimated number of their dependants, who were, respectively, retirement pensioners, sick or disabled, unemployed, single parent families, and widowed, divorced or separated
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Retirement pensioners* Sick or disabled persons Unemployed persons Single-parent families Widowed, divorced or separated women without children Month Number Index Number Index Number Index Number Index Number Index November 1970 … 2,089 100 552 100 617 100 638 100 1,234 100 November 1971 … 2,156 103 481 87 993 161 726 113 1,234 100 November 1972 … 2,149 103 459 83 1,000 162 790 123 1,250 101 * Excludes widow pensioners aged 60–64 but includes people receiving old persons' pensions. benefits, plus the estimated number of their dependants, who were, respectively, retirement pensioners, sick or disabled, unemployed, single-parent families, widowed, divorced or separated women without children, at each successive quarter since July 1948; and what percentage each of these totals at each successive quarter represented of the total in that category at July 1948.
§ Mr. DeanInformation about numbers of national assistance supplementary benefit recipients and dependants by category is not available for the years before 1951 and only on a limited basis from that year onwards. No information is available on a quarterly basis and the assembly of data for each year from 1951 would require a disproportionate amount of staff time. The table below gives such information as is available at five-yearly intervals to 1967 and for each year since that time:
women without children, at June 1970 and at each successive quarter; and what percentage each of these totals at each successive quarter represented of the total in that category at June 1970.
§ Mr. DeanThis information is available only for November of each year, as shown in the following table:—
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§ Mr. Topeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the total number of retirement pensioners in receipt of supplementary benefit in Greater London at the latest available date; what percentage they represent of the total number of retirement pensioners in Greater London; and what were the comparable figures at the same time in 1971 and 1972.
§ Mr. Topeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the total number of people in receipt of supplementary benefit in Greater London; what percentage of the total adult population they represent; and what were the comparable figures in 1971 and 1972.
§ Mr. Topeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the total number of retirement pensioners in receipt of supplementary benefit in England and Wales at the latest available date; what percentage they represent of the total number of retirement pensioners; and what were the comparable figures at the same time in 1971 and 1972.
§ Mr. Topeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the total number of people in receipt of supplementary benefits in England and Wales at the latest available date; what percentage they represent of the total adult population; and what were the comparable figures at the same date in 1971 and 1972.
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Men Women Year Recipients (thousands) Average amount (pence per week) Recipients (thousands) Average amount (pence per week) 1961 … … … … 18 2.5 2 2.5 1962 … … … … 96 3.5 17 2.9 1963 … … … … 203 4.8 44 3.6 1964 … … … … 308 6.3 83 4.3 1965 … … … … 428 8.2 132 5.1 1966 … … … … 552 10.4 188 5.7 1967 … … … … 690 12.7 259 6.3 1968 … … … … 841 14.8 348 7.0 1969 … … … … 992 16.8 444 7.7 1970 … … … … 1,160 19.1 546 8.5 1971 … … … … 1,307 22.2 705 10.0 1972 … … … … 1,434 25.5 845 11.1
§ Mr. Topeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of retirement pensioners in receipt of supplementary benefits in the area covering the Sutton office at the latest available date; what percentage of the total number of retirement pensioners in the area these figures represent; and what were the comparable figures at the same time in 1971 and 1972.
§ Mr. Topeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the total number of persons in receipt of supplementary benefits in the area covered by the Sutton office at the latest available date; what percentage they represent of the total adult population of the area; and what were the comparable figures in 1971 and 1972.