HC Deb 01 February 1990 vol 166 cc315-6W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what figures he has for the number of services personnel and their families receiving (i) social security benefits and (ii) housing benefit.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

This information is not held by the Ministry of Defence. Any social security benefit or local authority housing benefit which a service man may receive is a private matter concerning himself and the Department of Social Security or the local authority, and does not have to be reported to the Ministry of Defence.