§ 56. Mr. McCrindleasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many full-time students claimed supplementary benefit during the summer vacation of 1974; and what is her estimate of the number who will claim it during the summer of 1975.
§ Mr. MeacherI regret that statistics are not kept in a form which would enable this information to be given but it is known that in one week in August 21,000 students were receiving supplementary benefit and that some 48,000 successful claims were made during the vacation, some students claiming more than once. No reliable estimate is possible of the number who will claim during the summer of 1975.