§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what
Supplementary Pensions Supplementary Allowances Thousands All Supplementary Benefits All Supplementary Pensions Retirement Pensioners and N.I. Widows aged 60 and over Others All Supplementary Allowances Unemployed *Sick and Disabled N.I. Widows under age 60 One Parent Families not included in other Groups Others With N.I. Benefit Without N.I. Benefit 2,793 1,675 1,583 92 1,118 135 410 238 32 276 27 The most recent available figures for the total number of supplementary benefit recipients and their dependants are for November 1974, when the total was 4,092,000, or 7.5 per cent. of the estimated population. Corresponding information for December 1975 will be available in another month or two and I will write to my hon. Friend when it becomes available.
*The breakdown of sick and disabled supplementary benefit beneficiaries into those with and without contributory benefit is not yet available.
§ Mr. Robertsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish a table showing the total supplementary benefit paid per 1,000 of population in each of the planning regions in the United Kingdom. 510W would be the tax payable for a man with a wife and four children earning £50 per week; and to what family income supplement he would be entitled—assuming new rates of benefit.
§ Mr. OrmeAssuming the implementation of the conditional tax allowances, weekly tax liability would be £4.07. There would be no entitlement to family income supplement under the prescribed amounts proposed for July. This information is based upon the following assumptions: Ages of children, 3, 8, 11 and 16; family allowance of £4.50 in payment.