§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the number of regular weekly payments of supplementary benefit per head of population for Great Britain, Scotland, Wales and each of the English regions for the latest date for which this information is available.
§ Mr. MeacherAs at May 1975 the numbers per head of the estimated population were as follows:
Great Britain … … … .049 Scotland … … … .051 Wales … … … .060 England … … … .048 Population estimates for the separate English regions since 1972 are not available, and in any case they do not always coincide with the social security regional boundaries.