HC Deb 02 April 1971 vol 814 cc456-7W
Mr. Meacher

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services, following the increased level of family income supplement entitlements, what is now expected to be the annual cost of the scheme, and how many married couples and how many single-parent families are now expected to benefit, and how many children in each case, on the assumption as before of an 85 per cent. uptake.

Mr. Dean

This would depend on the movement of earnings over the next 12 months.