HC Deb 18 January 1978 vol 942 c268W
Mr. Ralph Howell

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his latest estimate of the numbers of unemployed men with each of one, two, three, four and more than four dependent children.

Mr. Deakins

The information, which is available only in respect of those in receipt of benefits at separate dates, is as follows:

Mr. Moyle

The decision whether the technique of artificial insemination by donor should be provided in any particular case depends upon the clinical judgment of the doctor concerned, and, therefore, the matter is essentially one for the medical profession.