§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his estimate of the percentage of families in Scotland where the youngest child is under 5 years and the family (a) receives supplementary benefit and (b)has an income up to 40 per cent. above supplementary benefit level.
§ Mr. Newton[pursuant to his reply, 1 July 1982,c. 387]: At December 1980, about 12 per cent. of families in Scotland with at least one child under 5 years of age were receiving supplementary benefit. This has been derived from the annual statistical inquiry of supplementary benefit claimants. The percentage with income up to 40 per cent. above supplementary benefit level, cannot be estimated without a wide area of uncertainty.