§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many families in (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Kirklees, (c)Greater Manchester and (d) Oldham are currently in receipt of family income supplement; and how these figures compare for comparable months in 1979, 1980 and 1981.
§ Mr. Newton:I regret that the information requested is not held for these precise areas. The table shows estimated numbers of family income supplement recipients in the DHSS North-West Manchester and Yorkshire and Humberside regions up to the latest month for which figures are available.
Date Yorkshire and Humberside region North-West Manchester region July 1979 7,000 5,000 July 1980 9,000 7,000 July 1981 12,000 9,000 July 1982 16,000 11,000