§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in theOfficial Report the value of the average payment made to households headed by (a) a pensioner and (b) those below pensionable age, respectively, by the Supplementary Benefits Commission in 1975.
§ Mr. DeakinsInformation is not available in the form requested by the hon. Member. The average weekly payment of supplementary benefit to persons of pension age—of whom the great majority had also a retirement pension—was £5.52 in December 1975: the corresponding figure for persons under pension age £14.87.