§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish a table showing expenditure on 851W supplementary benefit for (a) strikers and (b) strikers' dependants, in each year since 1966, at current prices and at January 1978 prices.
Strikers Strikers' Dependants Year Current Prices November 1977 Prices Current Prices November 1977 Prices £ £ £ £ 1966 … … … … 1,454 4,400 126,134 384,000 1967 … … … … 1,770 5,300 375,330 1,132,000 1968 … … … … 749 2,100 333,722 946,000 1969 … … … … 1,401 3,800 747,141 2,012,000 1970 … … … … 2,191 5,400 1,445,912 3,609,000 1971 … … … … 5,434 12,400 4,309,149 9,844,000 1972 … … … … 181,447 385,000 8,380,124 17,783,000 1973 … … … … 2,950 5,700 729,302 1,403,000 1974 … … … … 46,957 76,400 4,994,090 8,122,000 1975 … … … … 2,080 2,700 776,441 1,009,000 1976 … … … … 2,128 2,400 363,062 410,000 1977 (to end November) … 5,225 5,200 1,611,727 1,612,000