§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what proportion and how many supplementary benefit/income support claims from couples are made by women.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe number of supplementary benefit claims from couples made by women is 19,000. This represents 1.77 per cent. of supplementary benefit claims from couples.
I regret income support information is not yet available.
Note: Number of claims rounded to nearest thousand.
Source: May 1987 Annual Statistical Inquiry.