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Mr. Wilson
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish a table showing how many people were provided for by supplementary benefit or income support in Scotland in each year since 1974 separately identifying the number of children.
Miss Widdecombe
The information requested is in the table:
| Thousands | ||
| Year | Total claimants, partners and dependants | Of which children (0–15 years) |
| 1974 | n/a | n/a |
| 1975 | 449 | 115 |
| 1976 | n/a | n/a |
| 1977 | 473 | 120 |
| 1978 | 468 | 120 |
| 1979 | 451 | 109 |
| 1980 | 482 | 119 |
| 1981 | 608 | 154 |
| 1982 | 705 | 183 |
| 1983 | 713 | 177 |
| 1984 | 772 | 195 |
| 1986 | 832 | 212 |
| 1987 | 862 | 216 |
| 1988 | 827 | 226 |
| 1989 | 799 | 223 |
Source: Annual Statistical Inquiries.
Notes:
(a) Information for 1974 is not available in the form requested.
(b) The Annual Statistical Inquiries for 1976 is incomplete. It does not contain details of unemployed cases.
(c) There was no Annual Statistical Inquires in 1985; the one due in December that year was deferred until February 1986.