§ Sir David KnoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 16 December,Official Report, column 836, if he will recalculate the last column of figures to show the number of children in families getting income support as percentages of the number for whom child benefit was being paid.
§ Mr. BurtThe available information is in the table and is for Great Britain only.
Supplementary Benefit/Income Support Recipients and Dependants Year Number of dependants of SB/IS recipients (000's) As a percentage of children attracting child benefit 1979 955 7.2 1989 2,138 17.9 1992 2,874 23.2 Notes:
1. Sources: supplementary benefit/income support statistics annual inquiries, November 1979, May 1989, May 1992. Social Security Statistics.
2. The figures have been rounded to the nearest thousand. Percentages are correct to one decimal place.
3. The number of dependant children is expressed as a percentage of the number of children for whom child benefit was in payment.
4. The figures are for dependant children under the age of 19.
§ Mr. WicksTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish the latest figures showing how366W many (a) families with children are living on income support and (b) how many children are living on income support; and how these figures compare with 1979.
§ Mr. BurtThe information is in the table.
Income support supplementary benefit cases with children 1979 (000's) 1993 (000's) Cases with children 477 1,574 Number of children 923 2,970 Notes:
1. Source: Supplementary Benefit Statistics Annual Enquiry, November 1979 and the Income support statistics quarterly enquiry, February 1993.
2. All figures have been rounded to the nearest thousand.
3. Children are defined as being under 16 years of age.