§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his estimate of the number of recipients of each of the following benefits in, respectively, 1973–74 and 1977–78: attendance allowance, mobility allowance, invalidity benefit, non-contributory invalidity pension, war disablement pension and industrial disablement benefit.
§ Mr. Alfred Morris,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 26th October 1977 ; Vol. 936, c. 729], gave the following information
The table below gives the available statistics: