§ Dr. Marekasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people claimed supplementary benefit from the Wrexham local office at any time during the last month for which information is available; and what were the figures one year earlier and four years earlier.
§ Mr. NewtonThe number of claims to supplementary benefit made at the Wrexham local office in the four weeks ended 5 July 1983 and comparable periods in 1982 and 1979 was as follows:
Number 1983 5,493 1982 4,632 1979 5,323 Source: Local office management returns.
Some people may have made more than one claim to supplementary benefit within each period.