§ Mr. ClayTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish a table showing the numbers of families with children who were in receipt of family income supplement and are now receiving family credit who will(a) gain, (b) lose and (c) experience no change, after allowing for housing costs, in cash terms and structural terms.
§ Mr. Portillo[holding answer 20 April 1988]: Family credit has been put into payment to over 190,000 families who were receiving FIS up to 11 April. All except under 100 families (who have been given transitional cash protection) gain in cash terms from the replacement of FIS (plus the value of free school meals and welfare milk) by family credit. After allowing for housing benefit changes, and on the modelled assumptions (but calculating gains or losses to the nearest penny), around two thirds are likely to be cash gainers overall and around a half to be
Clerical Officers1 employed by each regional health authority at 30 September
Whole-time equivalents2 Region 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Northern 126 129 123 128 119 Yorkshire 155 154 160 149 142 Trent 212 332 349 350 341 East Anglian 82 82 106 93 77 North West Thames 89 81 62 51 43 North East Thames 91 93 140 125 117 South East Thames 122 108 117 142 139 South West Thames 158 162 136 142 216 Wessex 106 109 99 78 75 Oxford 150 224 232 213 192 South Western 150 148 129 119 106 West Midlands 314 286 298 284 283 Mersey 122 110 108 110 136 North Western 229 196 193 191 184 Source: DHSS annual census of National Health Service non-medical manpower.
1 Staff employed on Higher Clerical Officer, Clerical Officer (full duties) and Clerical Officer (reduced duties) pay scales.
2 All figures are independently rounded to the nearest whole-time equivalent.