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Mr. Newton
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many children were being brought up in families dependent on supplementary benefit in Great Britain in 1970 and each subsequent year.
Mr. Orme
The information is as follows:
| 1970 | … | … | … | 796,000 |
| 1971 | … | … | … | 966,000 |
| 1972 | … | … | … | 950,000 |
| 1973 | … | … | … | 798,000 |
| 1974 | … | … | … | 874,000 |
| 1975 | … | … | … | 1,077,000 |
| 1976 | … | … | … | 1,172,000 |
| 1977 | … | … | … | 1,156,000 |