§ Mrs. Chalkerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the total number of persons receiving supplementary benefit, and the numbers per 1,000 population in Great Britain, Scotland, Wales, England and each English
Regions Number of Supplementary Beneficiaries Supplementary Beneficiaries per 1,000 population* 1976 (Thousands) 1977 (Thousands) 1976 1977 GREAT BRITAIN … … 3,126 3,264 57 60 SCOTLAND … … 312 322 59 61 WALES … … 194 205 70 74 ENGLAND … … 2,619 2,738 56 59 ENGLISH REGIONS† Northern … … 220 230 70 74 Yorkshire and Humberside 311 312 64 64 East Midlands … … 193 200 52 54 East Anglia … … 75 80 42 44 South-East … … 826 868 49 51 South-West … … 227 240 53 56 West Midlands … … 295 313 57 61 North-West‡ … … 472 494 72 75 * Based on 1976 mid-year population projection. † Administrative regions. The figures must be regarded as approximate because the areas covered by the offices to which they relate are not always coterminous with regional boundaries. ‡ A separate population estimate is not available for the Merseyside DHSS region, but the number of supplementary beneficiaries, included in those shown for North-West, were (1976) 236,000 and (1977) 254.000.
§ Mrs. Chalkerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many claims for supplementary benefit were made in the years 1976 and 1977 in Great Britain, Scotland, Wales, England and each
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Region Number of Claims to Supplementary Benefit in 52 weeks up to Claims per 1,000 population* in 52 weeks up to 30th November 1976 29th November 1977 30th November 1976 29th November 1977 (Thousands) (Thousands) GREAT BRITAIN … … 5,710 5,743 105 105 SCOTLAND … … 656 661 124 125 WALES … … 359 352 130 127 ENGLAND … … 4,695 4,730 101 102 ENGLISH REGION† Northern … … 366 381 117 122 Yorkshire and Humberside 529 524 108 107 East Midlands‡ … … 476 482 86 87 East Anglia‡ … … South-East … … 1,483 1,479 88 88 South-West … … 425 414 100 97 West Midlands … … 576 597 112 116 North-West … … 841 852 128 130 * Based on 1976 mid-year population projection. Some members of the population will have been responsible for more than one claim. † Administrative regions. The figures must be regarded as approximate because the areas covered by the offices to which they relate are not always co-terminous with regional boundaries. ‡ Separate claims figures for East Midlands and East Anglia regions are not readily available. region, including Merseyside, in November 1976 and November 1977.
§ Mr. OrmeThe latest available figures on the information requested are for August 1977. The information for December will be available later. The table below compares the position in August 1976 and August 1977.
English region; and if he will express each figure per 1,000 population.