§ 38. Mrs. Knightasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people are now drawing family income supplement; and what is the average level of benefit per family.
§ 41. Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is now the take-up of family income supplement; and what has been the total amount spent to date on advertisement of this scheme.
§ Sir K. JosephOn 8th November about 60,000 families were receiving family income supplement. The average of the weekly payment to these families is £1.72. In addition, about 25,000 families were receiving additional supplementary benefit under Section 13 of the Act. So the total number of families benefiting from family income supplement is now about 85,000–with expenditure now running at an annual rate of over £5 million. £310,000 has been spent on advertising the scheme. Substantial numbers of new claims are still coming in.