Supplementary Benefit

Mr. Newton
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many children were being brought up in families dependent on supplementary benefit in Great Britain in 1970 and each subsequent year.

Mr. Orme
The information is as follows:------------
|1970|…|…|…|
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|1971|…|…|…|
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|1972|…|…|…|
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|1973|…|…|…|
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|1974|…|…|…|
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|1975|…|…|…|
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|1976|…|…|…|
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|1977|…|…|…|
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NOTE. The figures for 1977 are not fully comparable with those for earlier years, owing to a change in the method of estimation.