§ Mr. Norman Hoggasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many persons were in receipt of supplementary benefit in each year since 1979 in Cumbernauld and Kilsyth.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency is covered by the Department's office at Cumbernauld. The number of persons receiving supplementary benefit from that office in December of each year since 1979 was:
Number 1979 4,438 1980 5,235 1981 6,773 1982 8,296 1983 9,068 1984 *9,649 * The figures for December 1984 are only provisional at present.