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Mr. George
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report the percentage of the total population dependent on national assistance/supplementary benefit for each year since 1948.
Mr. Orme
The information requested is as follows:
| NUMBER OF CLAIMANTS AND DEPENDANTS IN GREAT BRITAIN AS A PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION | |
| per cent. | |
| 1948 | 3·0 |
| 1949 | not available* |
| 1950 | 3·9 |
| 1951 | 4·2 |
| 1952 | 4·9 |
| 1953 | 5·1 |
| 1954 | 5·1 |
| 1955 | 4·4 |
| 1956 | 4·5 |
| 1957 | 4·8 |
| 1958 | 4·7 |
| 1959 | 5·1 |
| 1960 | 5·3 |
| 1961 | 5·1 |
| 1962 | 5·7 |
| 1963 | 5·6 |
| 1964 | 5·3 |
| 1965 | 5·4 |
| 1966 | not available* |
| 1967 | 7·2 |
| 1968 | 7·4 |
| 1969 | 7·6 |
| 1970 | 7·7 |
| 1971 | 8·5 |
| 1972 | 8·4 |
| 1973 | 7·4 |
| 1974 | 7·5 |
| 1975 | 8·1 |
| * Number of claimants and dependants are derived from annual sample inquiries in November of each year. No such inquiries were made in 1949 or 1966. | |