HC Deb 28 April 1983 vol 41 c400W
Mr. Cryer

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the number of persons of working age in receipt of supplementary benefit payments in the Keighley travel-to-work area in 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983 to the most recent practicable date.

Mr. Newton

The numbers of cases of this kind in action in the Keighley local office from February 1978 to February 1983 were as follows:

Thousands
1978 2.2
1979 2.2
1980 1.9
1981 2.6
1982 4.0
1983 4.6

Source: 100 per cent. count of cases in action.