§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his estimate of the number of children in households in Dundee and Scotland where supplementary benefit is (a) the only source or (b) a source of income; and what are the corresponding figures for May 1979.
§ Mr. NewtonThe only information available is the number of children in families in Scotland receiving supplementary benefit at the following dates:
Month Children November 1978 122,000 November 1979 112,000 August 1982 174,000 The corresponding information is not available for Dundee, and could be obtained only at disproportionate expense.