§ Mr. Gouldasked 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. OrmeThe numbers of supplementary recipients on 3rd December 1975 —provisional figures—were as follows:
§ Mr. OrmeThe information, relating to the standard statistical regions of Great Britain in the financial year 1973–74, is as follows:
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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.