§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report the number of children covered by the family income supplement scheme for each year since the scheme was introduced, distinguishing between the number of children whose parents are claiming, and not claiming, respectively; and if he will further divide 204W this total into one- and two-parent families.
§ Mr. OrmeEstimates of the number of children in families receiving family income supplement at the end of each year are as follows:
Two-parent families One-parent families 1971 139,000 37,000 1972 133,000 50,000 1973 150,000 71,000 1974 101,000 63,000 1975 83,000 52,000 Estimates of the number of families who are eligible to receive family income supplement are based on limited information using the Family Expenditure Survey. No estimate can be made from the available data of the number of children in families eligible but not claiming the supplement.