§ Thomas Brown and Sons, Limited Bill [H.L.]
§ The Examiner's certificates that the further Standing Orders have been complied with were ordered to lie on the Table and the Bills were committed to Unopposed Bill Committees.
| TABLE 1 | |||
| FAMILIES RECEIVING CHILD BENEFIT, FAMILY INCOME SUPPLEMENT, ONE PARENT BENEFIT AND GUARDIAN'S ALLOWANCE | |||
| Great Britain | |||
| Benefit and date to which figures relate | Number of families | ||
| Entitled | Receiving | Notes | |
| Child benefit December 1980 | 7,100,000 | 7,100,000 | |
| Family income supplement(FIS) October 1981 | Not known | 124,000 (63,000 two parent families 2,000 one parent families headed by male59,000 one parent families headed by female) | It is not possible to estimate the numbers entitled to family income supplement (FIS) at October 1981. The latest estimate of FIS take-up is contained in the explanatory note of 6th July 1981, headed "The take-up of family income supplement: note on the estimate derived from the Family Finances Survey". Copies have been deposited in the Library of the House. |
| One parent benefit November1980 | 800,000(100,000 male700,000 female) | 437,000(57,000 male380,000 female) | These figures include recipients of supplementary benefit, who may not gain financially because, when entitlement to supplementary benefit is assessed, one parent benefit is taken fully into account. The estimated take-up of one parent benefit among families who stand to gain is 66 per cent. |
| Guardian's allowance December 1981 | Not known | 3,362* |