§ Mr. Fatchettasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many children, on the latest available figures, are now living in households dependent on social security benefits in (a) the Leeds Central constituency and (b) the Leeds metropolitan district council area.
§ Mr. PortilloIt is not possible to provide statistically valid estimates of the number of children living in families receiving supplementary benefit in Leeds Central constituency.
261WThe Department's quarterly administrative statistics for February 1987 indicate that in the Leeds Metropolitan District, some 32,000 dependant children lived in families where the head was receiving supplementary benefit.