HC Deb 23 January 1986 vol 90 cc307-8W
Mr. Gordon Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people currently receive (i) housing benefit and (ii) supplementary benefit broken down into client group and family status categories used in the technical annex to the White Paper, "Reform of Social Security"; and how many receive (i) rent rebate/ allowance and (ii) rate rebate broken down into the categories of pensioners, working households with children and working households without children.

Mr. Newton

I shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.