§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give, for 1976, the number of cases where an exceptional needs payment has been made, with the average amount of exceptional needs payment by category, to update Table 7.4 of the Supplementary Benefits Commission Annual Report 1976.
§ Mr. OrmeI regret that, as a result of industrial action, figures for 1976 comparable with those in Table 7.4 of the Commission's Annual Report for 1976 cannot be obtained.