§ Mr. Kenneth Clarkeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people have received payments of family income supplement in each year since its introduction; and what is the present number of beneficiaries.
566W
§ Mr. Alec JonesInformation in exactly the form requested is not available. The number of families receiving family income supplement at the end of each year since the introduction of the scheme is as follows:
1971 71,000 1972 82,000 1973 95,000 It is provisionally estimated that at the end of November 1974, the latest date for which information is available, 72,000 families were receiving the supplement.