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Mr. McKelvey
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people in Kilmarnock currently are claiming supplementary benefit; how many are pensioners and one-parent families; and what were the corresponding figures for May 1979.
Mr. Newton
The numbers claiming from the Kilmarnock local office, including people who live ouside Kilmarnock itself, are as follows:
| May 1979 | February 1982 (latest available date) | |
| All supplementary pensioners | 2,600 | 2,800 |
| Single-parent families* | 600 | 800 |
| All supplementary beneficiaries | 5,100 | 7,500 |
| * Excludes some one-parent families in other groups; for example, widows with National Insurance Benefit and those who are unemployed. | ||
Source: 100 per cent. count of claims in action May 1979 and February 1982.