asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will provide a breakdown of the number of those in receipt of supplementary benefit in Glasgow by the following classifications, (a) sick and disabled, (b) single-parent families, (c) registered unemployed, (d) unemployed on long-term scale, (e) pensioners and (f) others.
Information is not available in the precise form requested. The numbers claiming from the local offices in Glasgow, not including the Cumbernauld Office, at August 1982 are given in the following table. These figures will include some people living outside Glasgow.
| (Thousands) | |
| Sick and disabled | 7·0 |
| Single parent families* | 10·0 |
| Registered unemployed | 51·6 |
| Unemployed on long term scale rates | 1·2 |
| Pensioners | 34·0 |
| Others | 1·6 |
| All Supplementary Benefit | 105·5 |
* Excludes some single-parent families in other groups, eg widows, unemployed etc.
Source: 100 per cent. count of claims in action.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many persons in Glasgow are currently claiming supplementary benefit; how this compares with the previous three years; and how many in each case are pensioners.
Information is not available in the precise form requested. The numbers claiming from the local offices in Glasgow, not including the Cumbernauld Office, at August of each year are given in the following table. These figures will include some people living outside Glasgow.
| (Thousands) | ||||
| 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | |
| All supplementary benefit | 80 | 84 | 92 | 105 |
| Supplementary pensioners | 35 | 34 | 34 | 34 |
Source: 100 per cent. count of claims in action.