§ Mr. Reidasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many persons in Scotland are not claiming supplementary benefit and are not in full-time work but are living on incomes below supplementary benefit level.
§ Mr. MeacherSuch estimates are derived from the Family Expenditure Survey and the numbers in the sample for Scotland are insufficient to provide a detailed estimate. The 1974 Survey suggests, however, that there are about 90,000 such persons of whom the great majority are in single-person families. This figure, which is subject to sampling error, does not purport to show the level of unclaimed entitlement to supplementary benefit.