HC Deb 30 November 1998 vol 321 c107W
Ms Harman

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what the total amount paid out in social fund maternity grant was in the last year for which figures are available; and how many people received the social fund maternity grant. [61731]

Angela Eagle

During the year ending March 1998, 197,000 Maternity Payments were made at a total cost of £20 million.