§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Prime Minister (1) if the illustrative figures to be published in the autumn with the White Paper on social security will include an updating on the table in paragraph 3.32, page 15, of the housing benefit review report, showing the distribution of gains and losses in housing benefit as a result of the proposed changes;
(2) if the illustrative figures to be published in "The Reform of Social Security" White Paper will include a statement of possible national and local office budgets for the social fund;
(3) if the the illustrative figures to be published in "The Reform of Social Security" White Paper will include details of how many will gain, or lose, and by how much, as a result of the family credit proposals;
(4) the illustrative figures to be published in "The Reform of Social Security" White Paper will include details of the possible rates, subject to inflation, of the new income support allowances for pensioners, the sick and disabled and the unemployed (a) under 25 years and (b) over 25 years and single parents.
§ The Prime MinisterI have said that we will publish illustrative figures showing the effects of the Green Paper proposals in the autumn once the main structure is settled. The figures will include the effects on individuals and expenditure. They will cover a range of assumptions: as I have explained before, the final effect cannot be known until the April 1987 benefit rates are settled.