§ Mr. Peter Bottomleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report the numbers of families claiming free welfare milk on grounds of low income for each quarter since July 1974, distinguishing between those claiming by the passport system and those making direct application.
§ Mr. DeakinsFigures of those claims to supplementary benefit or family income supplement which might have resulted in automatic entitlement to free milk are not available but the table below gives the total number of direct claims—successful or otherwise—rounded to the nearest 500 made from August 1974 for free milk in England on grounds of low income.
Period ending No. of Weeks 5th November 1974 … … 12 25th February 1975 … … 16 20th May 1975 … … 12 12th August 1975 … … 12 2nd December 1975 … … 16
Period ending No. of claims 5th November 1974 … 4,500 25th February 1975 … 5,000 20th May 1975 … 4,500 12th August 1975 … 3,500 2nd December 1975 … 5,500 I regret that this information is not available for any later period.