HC Deb 28 May 1971 vol 818 c260W
Mr. George Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether persons receiving supplementary benefit are paid additional amounts to cover the cost of visits to children of young persons in prison, in local authority care, and to such dependants as spastic children in hospital.

Mr. Dean

Payment to enable persons receiving supplementary benefit to visit their children in these places can be made when necessary, except in the case of children in the care of local authorities, who have their own arrangements for parents to make visits.