§ Ms. QuinTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing the number of awards of free milk and vitamins which were made in 1985 to (a) pregnant women and (b) children under school age, showing for each group 90W if the ground for the award was (i) receipt of supplementary benefit, (ii) family income supplement or (iii) low income.
§ Mr. PortilloThe information is not available in the precise form requested. However, as at the nearest date (February 1986; April 1986 for FIS) the numbers actually in receipt of free welfare milk and vitamins were as follows:
Grounds Supplementary benefit FIS Low income Pregnant women 47,000 18,000 7,000 Children under 5 802,000 124,000 77,000 1 Estimate.