§ 12. Mr. Maudlingasked the Minister of National Insurance what arrangements are made for the payment of family allowances in respect of children placed under the care of local authorities, in local authority homes and foster homes, respectively.
§ The Minister of National Insurance (Dr. Edith Summerskill)Allowances are not payable for children committed by the courts to the care of a local authority or to an approved school or for children over whom a local authority has assumed parental rights. Other children in the care of local authorities are counted in the parent's family for allowances so long as the parents contribute at least 5s. a week towards the maintenance of each child.