§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list each of the recommendations of the
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§ Mrs ChalkerNo, there is no estimate of the take-up of family income supplement—(FIS)—later than that derived from the family finances survey. The 1980 FIS uprating was larger than the increases in average earnings and it is estimated that there would have been some 10,000 extra FIS awards attributable to that. However, the hon. Member will be glad to know that the number of FIS awards in the 1980–81 benefit year is expected to have been not 10,000 but about 25,000 higher than the number in the preceding benefit year. I hope that this is indicative of some improvement in the level of FIS take-up.