§ Mr. Leeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many claimants received social security payments earmarked for mortgage interest in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. OrmeThe number of supplementary benefit recipients whose benefit included provision for mortgage interest was as follows. The figure for 1977 is not yet available.
December 1972 95,000 December 1973 82,000 December 1974 84,000 December 1975 98,000 December 1976 120,000* * Estimated. Collection of the statistics in 1976 was affected by industrial action in unemployment benefit offices.