§ Mr. Peter Bottomleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how large child benefit payments will need to be next April if they are to take all working families off the family income supplement at the current prescribed levels.
§ Mr. Orme,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 6th December 1976; Vol. 922, c. 81], circulated the following information:
Child benefit would need to be paid at a weekly rate of £9.50 for the first child—£10 for one parent families—plus £2 for each additional child.