§ Mr. StrangTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people in the district of Edinburgh were in receipt of supplementary benefit at 31 March.
§ Mr. PortilloThe total number of people in receipt of supplementary benefit on 17 November 1987, the latest date for which figures are available, from the five Edinburgh local offices was 57,285.
(Source: 100 per cent. count of cases in action. This figure may, however, overstate the number of people receiving supplementary benefit. The footnote to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for Hyndburn (Mr. Hargreaves) on 31 March 1988, at columns 660–61, refers.)