§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the number of people not citizens of the United Kingdom receiving supplementary benefit in 1982–83 and what is the current figure for 1983–84, including figures for claimants from each of the other European Economic Community countries.
§ Dr. BoysonDetails of the citizenship or nationality of persons claiming supplementary benefit are not generally collected. However, some statistics are available for nationals of the European Community* and of certain other European countries. The following table shows the number of awards of supplementary benefit to nationals of these countries, recorded during the years 1982 and 1983 and the first two months of 1984.
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1982 1983 †l984 European Community Countries Belgium 39 41 5 Denmark 87 40 2 France 519 346 67 Greece 22 20 3 Italy 887 638 118 West Germany 339 192 43 Luxembourg 2 2 — Netherlands 104 72 12 1,999 1,351 250 * No figures are available for Eire.
1982 1983 †l984 Other European Countries Turkey 14 14 3 Norway 3 1 1 Sweden 6 3 — Iceland 1 1 — Portugal 5 7 2 Malta 16 13 4 45 39 10 † Up to 24 February only.