asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many of the 650,000 pensioners aged over 75 years, and the 85,000 families with children aged under five years, who received an additional weekly allowance for heating, gained a standard addition payable on grounds of the claimant's health or accommodation; at what rate was the allowance paid; how many received a central heating allowance; and at what rate was the allowance paid.

[pursuant to her reply, 3 December 1979, c. 65]: Information relating to different age groups on the grounds on which a heating allowance was awarded, and at what rate, could not be obtained without disproportionate effort.