§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish a table showing the distribution of child benefit expenditure among families with children, broken down into equivalised income bands before and after housing costs.
§ Mr. Burt[holding answer 15 July 1993]: The information is in the tables.
Distribution of child benefit expenditure1 among families with children by equivalised2 income bands, 1990–913 Net equivalised income of benefit unit4 Percentage of child benefit expenditure among benefit units in receipt of child benefit Percent Before housing costs Less than £50 3 £50–£100 16 £l00–£200 45 £200–£300 23 £300–£400 8 £400–£500 3 £500 or more 3 After housing costs Less than £50 6 £50–£100 27 £100–£200 42 £200–£300 17 £300–£4O0 4 £400–£500 2 £500 or more 2 Source: Family Expenditure Survey
1 Includes one parent benefit which can not readily be separated from child benefit in the Family Expenditure Survey data.
2 Income has been equivalised within benefit units using the McClements scales.
3 This represents the latest information available and combines the data for the years 1990 and 1991.
4 Income is in £s per week expressed in January 1991 prices.