HC Deb 17 March 1983 vol 39 c245W
Mr. Higgins

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many unemployed families with children are receiving supplementary benefit; in how many of them the dependency addition for a wife is reduced because she has income of her own; and if he will estimate the number of unemployed families receving supplementary benefit where there are one or more children under five and the number in which the dependency addition for a wife is reduced because she has income of her own.

Mr. Newton

I shall let my hon. Friend have a reply as soon as possible.