§ Mr. Norman Hoggasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many pensioners in Cumbernauld new town are in receipt of long-term supplementary benefit.
§ Mr. WhitneyCumbernauld 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.