HC Deb 28 January 1994 vol 236 cc451-2W
Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish the numbers of people receiving supplementary benefit in Wales for each year since 1979.

1. Mr. Burt

The available information is in the table. Income support replaced supplementary benefit in April 1988.

Year Recipents in Wales (000s)
1979 172
1980 186
1981 221
1982 253
1983 260
1984 275
1986 291
Year Recipents in Wales (000s)
1987 287
1988 259
1989 246
1990 248
1991 257
1992 287
1993 309

Notes:

Sources: Supplementary benefit statistics annual inquiries 1979 to 1987

Income support statistics annual inquiries, May 1988 to May 1992

Income support statistics quarterly inquiry, February 1993

2. The figures have been rounded to the nearest thousand.

3. Information for 1985 is not available.