§ Mr. Frank R. Whiteasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the numbers and proportions of the total population of each of the metropolitan districts of Greater Manchester claiming supplementary benefit and family income supplement respectively, to the nearest current date for the past five years; and how this compares with the United Kingdom as a whole.
§ Mrs. ChalkerI refer the hon. Member to my replies to the hon. Member for Manchester, Central (Mr. Litherland) on 4 February and to the hon. Member for Kingston-upon-Hull, Central (Mr. McNamara) on 11 February.—[Vol. 978, c.61–62 and 480.]
543WNo breakdown of supplementary benefit recipients is available for individual districts—other than the city itself—within Greater Manchester.
The information in the table below about supplementary benefit recipients in
(Thousand) Year Number of Recipients of Supplementary Benefit (November) Population (Mid-Year)(estimate) Greater Manchester United Kingdom Greater Manchester United Kingdom 1975 … … … 177 2,897 2,696 55,901 1976 … … … 184 3,049 2,684 55,886 1977 … … … 189 3,106 2,675 55,852 1978 … … … 184 3,048 2,664 55,836 1979 … … … 179 2,968 Not yet available (provisional)