HC Deb 22 April 1980 vol 983 cc115-6W
Mr. Field

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many persons are drawing invalidity benefit; and if he will distinguish how many of these qualify for free prescriptions.

Sir George Young

On 3 June 1978, the latest date for which statistics are available, 557,000 people were in receipt of invalidity benefit. Of these, about 80,000 were exempt from prescription charges on grounds of age or because they were in receipt of supplementary benefit. Information is not available on the number exempt from such charges for other reasons.

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