§ Captain Kerbyasked the Minister of Social Security what is the estimated number of low income families expected actually to benefit from recent increases in family allowances; and what is the total amount of benefit they will additionally receive.
§ Mr. PentlandJust over two million of the families who either pay no tax at the standard rate, or not enough to counterbalance e full amount of the increases in the family allowances, will benefit in varying degrees from these increases.142W The total additional benefit, net of tax, is expected to amount to approximately £47 million in a full year.