§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 27 January,Official Report, column 428, if he will list by benefit office areas and by region how much family credit, expressed in both cash terms and as a percentage of total expenditure on family credit, has been given to families with (a) one child, (b) two children, (c) three children, (d) four children and (e) five or more children, breaking the information down into occupational groupings.
§ Mr. Roger Evans[holding answer 6 February 1995]: The precise information is not available. Information on a pro rata basis for each of the five years given in my answer of 27 January to the hon. Member for Peckham (Ms Harman), Official Report, column 428, has been placed in the Library. Information by benefit office and for larger families is not reliable at this level of disaggregation. The tables, therefore, show spending by region and combine spending on families with three or more children.