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Mr. Ovenden
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what would be the cost of introducing an extra allowance of £3 a week for women who depend on supplementary benefit who are pregnant and (a) claimants in their own right and (b) wives of claimants.
Mr. Orme
I regret that no figures of the numbers of pregnant women who depend on supplementary benefit are available to enable an estimate to be made.