§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the annual saving in the 1980–81 and 1981–82 benefit years respectively resulting from the change made in the method of uprating the national insurance child dependency additions; and how many children are affected in each year.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThe following is the information:
November 1980–November 1981 November 1981–November 1982 Estimated savings (allowing for extra expenditure on supplementary benefit) £32 million £50million Average number of children whose parents receive child dependency additions to national insurance benefit 1,160,000 1,180,000 Average number of children whose parents receive child dependency addition to national insurance benefit but not supplementary benefit 910,000 815,000