HC Deb 10 February 1976 vol 905 cc184-5W
Mr. Reid

asked the Secretary of State for the Social Services if she will publish in the Official Report a table showing the numbers of persons in Scotland in receipt of national assistance and supplementary benefits for the years 1948, 1951, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 1974 and 1975, detailing those figures under the headings (1) retirement pensioners and national insurance widows 60 years of age and over, (2) others over pension age, (3) unemployed with national insurance benefit, (4) unemployed without national insurance benefit, (5) sick and disabled with national insurance benefit, (6) sick and disabled without national insurance benefit, (7) women under 60 years of age with dependent children, (8) national insurance widows under 60 years of age, (9) others, (10) total persons receiving supplementary benefit, (11) total number of claimants

PERSONS IN SCOTLAND RECEIVING REGULAR WEEKLY PAYMENTS OF SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFIT IN NOVEMBER EACH YEAR
Thousands
1962 1965 1966 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975§
Supplementary benefits 211 208 265 297 322 323 289 284 276
Supplementary pensions 115 124 173 185 185 185 182 178 158
Retirement pensioners and N.I. widows over 60 years 93 105 153 167 173 173 172 167 148
Others over pension age 23 19 20 17 12 12 10 11 11
Supplementary allowances 96 84 91 112 137 138 107 107 117
Unemployed with N.I. benefitst† 15 5 9* 14 21 15 8 10 14
Unemployed without N.I. benefits 24 20 22 32 49 55 38 37 45
Sick and disabled with N.I. benefits 20 19 20 13 16 15 12 11 8
Sick and disabled without N.I. benefits 19 19 19 19 19 20 19 18 19
N.I. widows under 60 years 6 7 7 7 7 7 6 5 3
Women with dependent children 10 12 13 20 22 24 22 24 26‡
Others 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
* The component parts of the unemployed were estimated for 1966.
† Before 1972 figures for the unemployed may include some where no benefit was paid for the week to which the count relates.
‡ For 1975 the figures for women with dependent children include lone fathers as well.
§ In 1975 the count took place in December, and the figures are provisional.