§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will give the level of support for the family net of the consequences of unemployment growth, in total, and by each category of benefit for each year since the first full year after the introduction of child benefit and express the levels of support by each category of benefit in standard prices with the levels of expenditure in the first full year after the introduction of child benefit as the base.
§ Mrs. Gillian Shephard[holding answer 10 March 1989]: The information requested is set out as follows:
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1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 real real real real real FIS/Family credit 71 69 83 88 193 Maternity grant 10 9 7 0 0 Maternity allowance 90 87 86 25 12 Statutory maternity pay — — — 86 110 Supplementary benefit/income support and housing benefit 1,019 1,141 1,257 1,404 1,360 Social fund — — — — 22 Child benefit 2,396 2,374 2,320 2,250 2,064 One parent benefit 67 71 76 80 79 Child tax allowances — — — — — Additional personal tax allowance (lone parent) 78 80 87 83 75 Total 3,732 3,831 3,917 4,016 3,915 1 Supplementary Allowance, Income Support and Housing Benefit paid to one-parent families and to people looking after elderly persons. Housing Benefit includes rate rebates.