§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will update the 1977, 1978 and 1979 table 34.30 in Social Security Statistics 1976;
(2) if he will publish tables equivalent to table 34.31 in Social Security Statistics for 1977, 1978 and 1979.
§ Mrs. ChalkerCorresponding information for 1977 is published in Social Security Statistics 1977, a copy of which is in the Library. Information for 1979 is not yet available. Information for 1978—including that necessary to update table 34.30—is provided in the following table, 34.31.
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SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFIT: TABLE 34.31 NUMBER RECEIVING REGULAR WEEKLY PAYMENTS ON 29 NOVEMBER 1978— CLAIMANTS AND DEPENDANTS Thousands Supplementary pensions Supplementary allowances Unemployed Sick and disabled All supple-mentary benefits All pensions Retirement pensioners and NI widows aged 60 and over Others All allowances With contributory benefit Without contributory benefit With contributory benefit Without contributory benefit NI widows under age 60 One parent families not in the other groups Others Number of persons provided for … … … … 4,598 2,043 1,926 117 2,555 254 997 123 184 30 915 52 Persons in receipt of regular weekly payments … … 2,932 1,739 1,631 107 1,195 93 505 67 156 22 322 30 Number of dependants: Wives … … … 584 298 290 8 286 57 176 32 11 — — 10 Total children under 16 years … … … 1,048 5 4 1 1,043 103 306 23 15 8 579 9 Under 5 years … 299 — — — 299 36 88 6 3 — 164 2 5–10 years … 415 1 1 — 414 40 121 9 6 2 233 3 11–12 years … 139 1 — — 139 11 41 3 2 1 79 2 13–15 years … 194 3 2 1 191 16 56 6 3 4 103 2 Other dependants 16 years and over … … … 34 2 1 1 32 2 10 1 2 1 14 3 Statistics based on a sample of 1 in 200 supplementary pension cases and 1 in 50 supplementary allowance cases.
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