HC Deb 18 May 1976 vol 911 cc510-1W
Mr. Gould

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report the most recent figures available of the total number of supplementary benefit recipients broken down into the usual categories; and if he will give the figure for the total number of recipients and dependants and express this latter figure as a percentage of the total population.

Mr. Orme

The numbers of supplementary recipients on 3rd December 1975 —provisional figures—were as follows:

Mr. Orme

The information, relating to the standard statistical regions of Great Britain in the financial year 1973–74, is as follows:

Supp.Ben. paid per 1,000 population rounded to nearest £1,000
Northern 16
Yorks and Humberside 13
East Midland 10
East Anglia 9
South-East 11
South-West 11
West Midland 12
North-West 16
Wales 15
Scotland 16
Great Britain… 13
Figures for Northern Ireland are not avail-basis are not yet available for later years.