§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his estimate of the number of families, other than pensioner families, who are in receipt of supplementary benefit in Scotland.
§ Mr. NewtonI have been asked to reply.
Following is the information at December 1980, the latest available date:
(Thousands) Married couples without children 10 Married couples with children 27 One-parent families 35 Source: annual statistical inquiry 1980.