§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will deposit in the Library the results of BMP Davidson Pearce's market research on attitudes to family credit.
§ Mr. Peter LloydWe are arranging with the Central Office of Information for a copy of the results of the research, and some other background material relating to the family credit advertising campaign, to be placed in the Library.
§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many family credit claimants are also in receipt of housing benefit; how much of each £1 gained in family credit by these claimants is lost in housing benefit; and what effects he estimates this will have on the propensity of low income families to claim family credit.
§ Mr. Peter LloydInformation on the number of family credit recipients who also get housing benefit is not available.
Up to the point that housing benefit is extinguished, rate rebate recipients will lose 20p housing benefit for each £1 gained in family credit. Similarly, rent allowance and rebate recipients would lose 65p for each £1 gained in family credit.
Some families may not realise that, although their housing benefit might change, they will nevertheless be better off overall if they qualify for family credit. This is one of the points which our forthcoming advertising campaign will address.