asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people in the county of Cornwall had, at the most recent date, been granted family income supplement; how many had been refused; and how many appeals had been lodged.

Statistics of awards of family income supplement are at present available only for departmental regions, but, as I told the hon. Member for Kingston-upon-Hull, North (Mr. McNamara) on 17th December, 1971, I am considering whether they can be provided for smaller areas. Up to 21st January, 1972, awards of family income supplement had been made to about 6,000 families in the South-Western departmental regions. Statistics of rejected claims are available only for Great Britain as a whole. Thirty appeals have been lodged in Cornwall.—[Vol. 828. c.291]