HC Deb 03 November 1986 vol 103 c352W
Mr. McTaggart

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people in (a) Glasgow and (b) Glasgow Central are currently in receipt of supplementary benefit; and how many are pensioners, heads of one-parent families or unemployed.

Mr. Lyell

Information is not available in the precise form requested. The numbers of people receiving supplementary benefit from the Department's offices serving(a) Glasgow and (b) Glasgow, Central on 13 August 1986 — the latest available figures — were as follows:

Glasgow Glasgow Central
Unemployed 67,568 43,161
Over pension age 38,735 26,271
Others (including one parent families) 45,070 27,695
Total 151,373 97,127

Source: 100 per cent. count of cases in action.

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