§ Mrs. Chalkerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many recipients there were, broken down by age, of supplementary benefit in their own right who were non-householders for 1976 and for 1977 at the latest available date.
§ Mr. DeakinsThe number of non-householders in receipt of supplementary benefit in their own right was estimated to have been 498,000 in December 1976. A detailed breakdown by age is not available due to industrial action at the time in local offices of the Department of Employment. Figures for 1977 should be available by the summer of 1978.