§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the latest figures for the number of people on supplementary benefit who had direct deductions for(a) electricity and (b) gas.
§ Mr. PortilloThe number of cases with deductions for electricity and gas is as follows. Where a person has deductions for both electricity and gas, they are included in both figures.
Number Electricity 163,000 Gas 138,500 Source: Annual statistical inquiry, May 1987.