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Mr. Gordon Wilson
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his estimate of the number of families, other than pensioner families, who are in receipt of supplementary benefit in Scotland.
Mr. Newton
I have been asked to reply.Following is the information at December 1980, the latest available date:
| (Thousands) | |
| Married couples without children | 10 |
| Married couples with children | 27 |
| One-parent families | 35 |
Source: annual statistical inquiry 1980.