HC Deb 06 June 1985 vol 80 c235W
Mr. Norman Hogg

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many pensioners in Cumbernauld new town are in receipt of long-term supplementary benefit.

Mr. Whitney

Cumbernauld new town is covered for supplementary benefit purposes by one DHSS office but its boundaries are not conterminous. All pensioners in receipt of supplementary benefit receive the long-term scale rate. On 7 May 1985, 2,731 pensioners were receiving supplementary benefit from that office.