HC Deb 27 November 1984 vol 68 c458W
18. Mr. Freud

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services with what estimate of the take-up rate of supplementary benefits his Department is currently working in calculating its expenditure plans on those benefits for the coming year.

Mr. Whitney

Expenditure plans are based on changing trends in the number of beneficiaries and therefore take account implicitly of changes in take-up.