§ Mr. Gouldasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will take steps to ensure that desiccated liver powder, imported as a pharmaceutical product, is accompanied by the appropriate product licence.
Type of payment Awards to couples with children* Average award Awards to single parents* Average award Awards to families with children* Average award Thousand £ Thousand £ Thousand £ Clothing/Footwear 34 50 28 49 63 49 Bedding 106 62 116 63 221 63 Furniture 207 84 246 89 454 87 House repair/decoration 29 37 27 34 56 35 Maternity 75 58 53 59 128 59 Furniture repair 19 38 24 34 43 36 Removal expenses 8 56 13 60 20 58 Fuel meters 4 20 5 20 9 20 Starting work costs 4 22 †— — 4 22 ALL PAYMENTS 502 66 525 71 1,027 68 The information in the table relates to single payments made in the 12 months preceding the date of the annual statistical inquiry in December 1983 to those in receipt of benefit at the time of the inquiry. It does not, as a result, record all the single payments during the year. As the figures are derived from an analysis of a sample of case papers, they are accordingly subject to the normal sampling error.
Notes:
* Number of payments rounded to nearest thousand.
† Less than 1,000.