§ Mr. Fatchettasked the Secretary of State for Social Services for those offices covering the Leeds travel-to-work area, how many unemployed people were claiming supplementary benefit during the last month for which statistics are available; and what was the figure for the comparable month in the previous year.
§ Dr. BoysonThe numbers of supplementary benefit cases in action in the category requested in May 1983 and the comparable period last year were as follows:
Local office May 1983 May 1982 (thousands) (thousands) Leeds North 8.5 7.3 Leeds North West 5.6 4.8 Leeds South 3.9 3.8 Leeds South West 4.0 3.5 Leeds West 4.0 3.5 Source: 100 per cent. count of cases in action.