§ Mr. Robert Hughesasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many people in England, Scotland and Wales in receipt of retirement pensions are also in receipt of rent rebates or rent allowances.
§ Mr. ArmstrongStatistics are not available in the precise form requested. The estimated numbers of tenants over pensionable age receiving rent rebates or rent264W allowances—excluding those also receiving supplementary benefit—are:
TENANTS OVER PENSIONABLE AGE RECEIVING RENT REBATES OR RENT ALLOWANCES: GREAT BRITAIN thousands Rent rebates Rent allowances England 570 180 Wales 30 6 120 17 Figures relate to April 1977 for England and Wales, and to September 1976 for Scotland. About 8.4 million people in Great Britain receive retirement pensions.