§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will update to November 1988 the information provided in the reply of 8 November 1982 to Dr. McDonald the then hon. Member for Thurrock,Official Report, columns 51–52, relating to child support.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe information requested is set out in the table and reflects the fact that uprating is now in April each year.
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(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) Date M/C UB rate £ Dep increase £ Child Benefit/ Family allowance £ Total child1 support £ Column (e) as percentage of column (b) £ Column (e) expressed at APR 1988 prices2 £ Column (g) as index APR 1988 = 100 6 April 1987 50.85 — 14.50 14.50 28.5 15.07 103.9 11 April 1988 52.95 — 14.50 14.50 27.4 14.50 100.0 1 Does not show the effect of child tax allowance to the standard rate taxpayer. In years prior to April 1979 some recipients of unemployment benefit would also have derived advantage from child tax allowance because of their receipt of earnings in the course of the tax year. 2 Based on the movement in the general Index of Retail Prices between the dates shown and April 1988. 3 Child dependency addition abolished from 26 November 1984.