§ Mr. Robert Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether, in the interests of economy, he will consider ending the collection of unit staffing statistics by his Department; and to what purpose recent collection of such statistics has been put.
(1) (2) (3) (4) Social security regions* Supplementar pensioners receiving National Insurance pension (000's) Supplementary pensioners not receiving National Insurance pension† (000's) Column (1) as percentage of population over pension age in region Column (2) as percentage of population over pension age in region Northern … … … 110 3 21.4 0.6 Yorkshire and Humberside … 163 6 19.4 0.7 East Midlands and East Anglia 146 7 15.5 0.7 London, North … … 159 11 15.4 1.1 London, South … … 179 12 London, West … … 120 9 South Western … … 125 7 14.6 0.8 West Midlands … … 151 7 19.3 0.39 North West Manchester … 122 4 20.6 0.9 North West Merseyside … 111 5 Wales … … … … 91 7 18.5 1.4 Scotland … … … 142 9 16.7 1.1 Great Britain … … … 1,618 89 17.3 1.0 *Information about population relates to administrative regions only, and cannot he used for the individual London or NW social security regions. †These pensioners may have other income, e.g. from capital or an occupational pension. ‡Supplementary benefit information relates to August 1977; that for population is based on mid-1976 regional projections.