§ 50. Mr. Ray Powellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many single payments were awarded in the supplementary benefits scheme in each of the past three years.
§ Mr. NewtonThe figures, rounded to the nearest 10,000, are as follows:
Year Number of Single Payments 1980 1,130,000 1981 830,000 1982 1,570,000 Source: 100 per cent. count.
126WFigures for 1982 include 300,000 payments made under regulation 26 because of the exceptionally severe weather in the winter of 1981–82.