§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the peak value of child support, child tax allowances, family allowances and child benefit in the post-war period, and the year in which this occurred, together with the comparable data for each year since 1974.
§ Mrs. ChalkerI refer the hon. Member to table 5.9 of the Abstract of Statistics for Index of Retail Prices, Average Earnings, Social Security Benefits and Contributions dated May 1980, which is available in the Library. The table gives values of child support to a basic rate taxpayer. The corresponding figures for April 1980 are: cash values—(a) one-child family £4, (b) three-child family £12; and November 1979 equivalent values £365 and £10.94 respectively.