HC Deb 08 April 1981 vol 2 c281W
Mr. Alfred Morris

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the total amount of supplementary benefit payable to people in receipt of invalidity benefit.

Mrs. Chalker

Recent information is not available, and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, it is estimated that on the basis of payments in a week in November 1978, approximately £16 million in supplementary benefit was paid to invalidity benefit recipients in that year.