§ Mr. John EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many children there were in families receiving supplementary benefit in(a) England and (b) the north-west region of England in 1979; and how many children there were in families receiving supplementary benefit/income support in (i) England and (ii) the north-west region of England at the latest available dale.
§ 1. Mr. BurtThe available information is in the tables:
Number of children in families receiving supplementary benefit in 1979 Region Number of children North West England Not available England 757,000
Number of children in families receiving income support in 1993 Region Number of children North West England 426,000 England 2,550,000 Notes:
SourcesSupplementary Benefit Statistics Annual Inquiry, November 1979.
Income Support Statistics Quarterly Inquiry, February 1993.
2. The figures have been rounded to the nearest thousand.
3. Children are defined as being under 16 years of age.
4. The North West Region is the North West Social Security Administrative Region as used by the Department prior to 1988. Information for this region is not available for 1979.
5. Income support replaced supplementary benefit in April 1988.