HC Deb 04 November 1976 vol 918 cc679-80W
Mr. Sproat

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many persons in this country are in receipt of supplementary and other benefits in respect of more than one wife to whom they are simultaneously and legally married in their country of origin.

Mr. Orme

Comprehensive information is not available on the payment of supplementary benefit to men in respect of more than one wife but inquiries suggest that very few such payments are made. Such payments are not made in respect of other benefits.