§ Mr. David Steelasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish the number of regular family allowance 386W payments made for each year since the scheme was first introduced.
§ Mr. DeanFollowing is the information: the estimates are subject to a small margin of error:
No. of payments in year (millions) 1946 53.3 1947 140.2 1948 146.6 1949 152.1 (1)1950 157.5 1951 163.5 1952 163.5 1953 165.7 1954 170.8 (1)1955 172.7 1956 172.7 1957 175.8 1958 178.0 1959 180.6 (1)1960 187.3 1961 187.1 1962 188.9 1963 191.2 1964 195.3 1965 199.3 (1)1966 207.1 1967 211.5 1968 212.2 1969 216.2 1970 219.5 1971 222.1 (1)1972 229.4 1973 227.2 (1) 53 week year.