§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will give the comparable figures to those contained in his answer of 22 October,Official Report, columns577–78, for 1987, 1988 and 1989; and if he will give unemployed claimants receiving mortgage assistance as a proportion of unemployed claimants.
§ Miss Widdecombe[pursuant to her reply, 7 November 1991, c. 87–88]: The following information was incorrect:
Supplementary benefit 1987 Number Per cent. Unemployed 207,000 As proportion of all claimants receiving help with mortgages 28 As proportion of all unemployed claimants 10 Lone Parents 74,000 As proportion of all claimants receiving help with mortgages 10 The correct information is as follows:
Supplementary benefit 1987 Number Per cent. Unemployed claimants receiving help with mortgages 160,000 As proportion of all claimants receiving help with mortgages 48 As proportion of all unemployed claimants 9 Lone parents receiving help with mortgages 58,000 As proportion of all claimants receiving help with mortgages 17