§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing how many children received, directly or indirectly, welfare payments including unemployment benefit by class of payment, the average payment and the total cost in each case, together with the forecast for 1983–84.
§ Mr. NewtonI regret that full information is not available on the comprehensive basis requested and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.