§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in respect of 356W Northern Ireland what would be the present net annual cost, taking into account savings in social security expenditure, of paying, respectively, taxed and tax-free family allowances of, respectively, £2, £2.50 and £3 per week in respect of all children, including the first, while simultaneously ending all child allowances for tax purposes, showing how much is allowed for the saving in: (a) national insurance benefits, (b) family income supplement, (c) supplementary benefits, (d) abolition of child tax allowances, (e) abolition of the present payment of family allowances, and (f) abolition of income tax and clawback on family allowances.
§ Mr. David HowellThis information is not readily available. When it is, I shall write to the hon. Member.