HC Deb 04 August 1976 vol 916 cc847-8W
Mr. Richard Wainwright

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the value of the average family income supplement payment made in 1975.

Mr. Deakins

At 31st December 1975 the average payment of family income supplement was £4.02.

Mr. Reid

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people were in receipt of family income supplement (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) in Scotland, prior to 20th July; and what estimate he has made of the additional numbers who will qualify given the increased weekly limit on income.

Current number of authorized pay beds Average daily occupancy by paying patients
London Undergraduate Teaching Hospitals* 1972 1973 1974 1975
Charing Cross 40 23.8 28.9 28.2
Hammersmith 20 15.8 18.2 19.4 15.5
St. Marys 82 60.3 58.8 58.9 54.1
Westminster 72 54.0 59.9 59.2 54.9
The Middlesex 67 46.2 350 41.9 41.3
The Royal Free 29 21.7 200 19.9 20.5
University College 96 71.0 63.6 60.4 58.2
St. Marks 18 12.4 13.3 13.3 11.8
St. Bartholomew's
The London 50 34.2 32.3 27.4 28.0
St. Thomas' 42 34.2 35.8 26.7 22.0
Guy's 97 62.4 61.8 55.7 52.1
King's College 54 35.2 36.1 34.4 32.0
St. Georges, SW1 15 11.4 11.0 12.0 8.7
* These figures relate to all the hospitals and units which at 31st March 1974 comprised the boards of governors of the London undergraduate teaching hospitals.

Including 14 pay beds at Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton.

Mr. Deakins

At the end of April 1976, the latest date for which firm information is available, 67,000 families in the United Kingdom, of whom 8,000 were in Scotland were receiving family income supplement. It is expected that about 25,000 additional awards* will be made following the increases in income limits.

* The available estimate relates to Great Britain only.