§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will update the answer given to the hon. Member for Birkenhead, Official Report, 7 November 1979, column 221, relating to supplementary benefit recipients (rent payments).
§ Mrs. ChalkerThe average rent addition, included in the assessment of all householders in receipt of supplementary benefit on a day in November 1979, was £7.40. This is a provisional estimate rounded to the nearest 10p.