HC Deb 25 July 1977 vol 936 c83W
Mrs. Chalker

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will publish the numbers of supplementary benefit and family income supplement recipients who took up the 25 per cent. electricity discount scheme by the end of June 1977; and what proportion of those eligible each represents.

Dr. John A. Cunningham

Provisional figures show that 1.6 million such recipients, over 57 per cent. of those eligible, had claimed the discount by 1st July. It is not possible to divide this figure in the proportions requested, but of those eligible for the discount approximately three in every 100 receive family income supplement. We would expect to find a similar proportion among those claiming the discount.