§ Mr. McTaggartasked 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. LyellInformation 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.