§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will estimate the numbers of people in receipt of State benefits who will not have the shortfall restored in November 1981.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThe average number of recipients at any one time of each of the benefits specified is estimated to be as follows in 1981–82:
Benefit Estimated average number of recipients in 1981–82 Unemployment benefit 1,140,000 Sickness benefit 510,000 Injury benefit Maternity allowance 125,000 Child benefit 13,140,000* One-parent benefit Family income supplement 100,000 Supplementary allowance 1,775,000 Mobility allowance 200,000 * Numbers of qualifying children. NoteIt is not possible to add these figures together into a single total because recipients might receive more than one benefit, depending on their family and other circumstances.