§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will state for those offices covering the Workington travel-to-work area the total number of family income supplement claimants for the last month for which statistics are available.
§ Mr. NewtonI regret that this information is not available. Family income supplement claims are dealt with by one centre at Blackpool and no information is maintained about claims from particular local areas.
§ Mr. Craigenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the number of recipients of family income supplement at the latest available date compared with the same date in 1980.
§ Mr. NewtonThe following table indicates the number of families receiving family income supplement at the end of April 1980 and at the end of April 1983, the latest date for which information is available.
End April 1980 End April 1983 One Parent Families 50,000 78,000 Two Parent Families 38,000 108,000 88,000 186,000