HC Deb 24 July 1975 vol 896 c308W
Mrs. Hayman

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many applicants for supplementary benefits after advice by the commission seek maintenance through the magistrates' courts from the relevant "liable relatives"; and what proportion of these applicants are legally aided.

Mr. Meacher

No record is kept of the number of cases in which such advice is given, nor is it known how many such women do in fact take their own proceedings. Neither are there any statistics showing how many legally aided persons are supplementary benefit recipients.

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