HC Deb 26 February 1975 vol 887 c156W
Mr. Corbett

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the estimated number of widows with children in receipt of supplementary benefit at the latest convenient date, and the estimated annual cost of these payments.

Mr. Alec Jones

On the basis of a provisional estimate of the position as at November 1974, about 20,000, at an annual cost of about £5 million.