HC Deb 15 July 1980 vol 988 cc514-5W
Mr. George Robertson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many recipients of sickness and invalidity benefits reside in (a) Scotland and (b) the Strathclyde region.

Mr. Prentice

It is estimated that at 2 June 1979 the latest date for which figures are available, 52,900 recipients of sickness benefit and 75,700 recipients of invalidity benefit were residing in Scotland. Comparable details for the Strathclyde region are not available.