§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people in(a) Greenock and Port Glasgow, (b) Strathclyde and (c) Scotland as a whole were receiving supplementary benefit payments above the standard rate in order to help pay residential or nursing home fees at the latest available date; and if he will estimate the total amount of supplementary benefit paid to those claimants.
§ Mr. PortilloI regret that the information requested is not collected by individual local offices and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.