§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish in theOfficial Report (a) the anticipated end of the year out-turn on the numbers of 309W claimants and levels of expenditure, (b) the most recent figures for the numbers of claimants and levels of expenditure and (c) the anticipated numbers of claimants and levels of expenditure for 1988–89 for (i) funeral payments from the social fund and (ii) maternity payments from the social fund.
§ Mr. Peter Lloyd[pursuant to his reply, 13 December 1988, c. 534]: The available information is as follows:
Anticipated end of year out turn Type of payment Number of claimants Expenditure £ million Maternity payments 173,000 15 Funeral payments 48,000 21
Actual claims and expenditure to and including October 1988 Type of payment Number of claimants Expenditure £ million Maternity payments 102,603 9 Funeral payments 28,582 11