§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health for each year from 1970 to 1991 what was the total number of people in each of the exemption categories for prescription charges.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe available information is shown in the tables.
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Table 1 Estimated numbers of men aged 65 and over, women aged 60 and over, children aged under 16. recipients of Family Credit and recipients of Income Support in England 1970 to 1991 (millions)1 Year Men over 65/ Women over 60 Children under 16 Family Credit2 recipients Income Support3 recipients 1970 — — — — 1971 7.6 11.6 — 1.006 1972 7.7 11.6 — 1.017 1973 7.8 11.6 — 0.808 1974 7.9 11.5 — 0.860 1975 8.0 11.4 — 1.150 1976 8.0 11.2 — — 1977 8.1 11.0 — 1.289 1978 8.1 10.8 — 1.201 1979 8.1 10.6 — 1.114 1980 8.3 10.4 — 1.441 1981 8.4 10.2 — 2.085 1982 8.4 10.0 — 2.602 1983 8.4 9.9 — 2.815
Year Men over 65/ Women over 60 Children under 16 Family Credit2 recipients Income Support3 recipients 1984 8.4 9.7 — 3.055 1985 8.5 9.6 — — 1986 8.6 9.6 — 3.334 1987 8.6 9.5 — 3.217 1988 8.7 9.5 2.0 2.811 1989 8.7 9.5 2.9 2.670 1990 8.7 9.5 3.1 2.598 1991 — — 3.3 3.071 1 Source: OPCS. DSS. 2 Family Credit introduced from April 1988. 3 Numbers of Supplementary Benefit recipients 1970 to 1987.
Table 2 Estimated numbers of young people aged 16–18 in full-time education in England for each academic year from 1979–80 to 1989–90. Year Number (millions) 1979–80 0.629 1980–81 0.665 1981–82 0.732 1982–83 0.759 1983–84 0.718 1984–85 0.700 1985–86 0.694 1986–87 0.684 1987–88 0.699 1988–89 0.720 1989–90 0.747 Source: DFE