§ Mr. Fieldasked 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 YoungOn 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. Information116W is not available on the number exempt from such charges for other reasons.