§ Mr. Stallardasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many recipients of supplementary benefit are paying income tax.
§ Mr. Ridley:Liability to income tax does not, in general, arise in cases where supplementary benefit is received for the whole financial year. A person may be liable for tax if he receives supplementary benefit for part of the year and income from other sources in the remainder of the year; however, information is not available on which to base an estimate of the number of these cases.