§ Mr. Ovendenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many applications for child interim benefit have now been received; how many have been approved; and how this figure compares with his estimate of the number of parents eligible.
§ Mr. OrmeUp to 4th May, 225,779 claims have been received. By then 170,702 had been approved, and 9,216 disallowed. As only about 20,000 of the claims have been from people receiving supplementary benefit, this means that some 80 per cent. of the estimated quarter of a million lone parents who stand to gain from making a claim have done so.
§ Mrs. Chalkerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether the new child benefit will be payable to those in receipt of unemployment benefit.
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§ Dr. OwenThe following information on deaths attributed on the death certificate to drug dependence is available by type of drug used in each of the five years 1969–74:
§ Mr. OrmeThe Child Benefit Act 1975 provides for child benefit to be paid for all children, but there is provision in the Act to enable the rates of national insurance benefits for child dependants to be appropriately reduced.
§ Mrs. Chalkerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will retain family income supplement when the new child benefit becomes payable in 1976–77.
§ Mr. OrmeThe Family Income Supplement scheme will continue after the introduction of child benefits.