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Mr. Brotherton
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether strikers in receipt of supplementary benefits on behalf of their dependants will qualify for extra help with their next electricity bills if they are in excess of £20.
Mr. Orme
No.
Mr. Brotherton
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether strikers in receipt of supplementary benefits for their dependants also qualify for the £5 fuel bonus.
Mr. Orme
No.
Mr. Brotherton
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the total sum that has been paid in supplementary benefit (a) to strikers and (b) to strikers' dependants in each year since 1966.
Mr. Orme
The information is as follows:
| Year | Strikers | Strikers' dependants |
| £ | £ | |
| 1966 | 1,454 | 126,134 |
| 1967 | 1,770 | 375,330 |
| 1968 | 749 | 333,722 |
| 1969 | 1,401 | 747,141 |
| 1970 | 2,191 | 1,445,912 |
| 1971 | 5,434 | 4,309,149 |
| 1972 | 181,447 | 8,380,124 |
| 1973 | 2,950 | 729,302 |
| 1974 | 46,957 | 4,994,090 |
| 1975 | 2,080 | 776,441 |
| 1976 | 2,128 | 363,062 |
| 1977 | 6,612 | 2,496,625 |
| 1978—to end of November | 5,004 | 3,105,663 |