§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many claimants of supplementary benefit were receiving a reduced rent addition on account of the presence of a non-dependant in the household in 1975; and what was the average amount of rent so deducted.
§ Mr. DeakinsIn 1975 there were 444.000 householders with non-dependants in the household. The average total deduction covering one or more non-dependants was £2.23 per case.
§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many supplementary benefit claimants receiving a reduced rent addition because of a non-dependant's rent share were single; and how many: (a) single claimants and (b) married claimants so affected had dependent children in 1975 and 1976.
§ Mr. DeakinsFor 1975, the latest date for which figures are available, 340,000 such claimants were single, but no information is available on the numbers of dependent children of either single or married claimants, so affected.