§ Miss Richardsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report a table expressing family allowances for a one, two, three, four and five-child family as (a) a percentage of average earnings, and (b) a percentage of the social assistance rate paid to a single adult in each of the EEC countries.
§ Mr. OrmeIn April 1976, the latest date for which average earnings figures are available for Great Britain, family allowances represented 2.09 per cent. of average earnings for a two-child family, 4.18 per cent. for a three-child family, 6.27 per cent. for a four-child family and 8.36 per cent. for a five-child family. Family allowances were not payable for a one-child family, but child interim benefit, payable to a single-parent