Family Income Supplement

HC Deb 01 December 1972 vol 847 cc270-1W

Mr. Meacher

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services, for each week since 1st January 1972, what were the total number of households in receipt of family income supplement, the percentage which each of these figures represented of the total estimated to be eligible, the number who in that week were in receipt for the first time of family income supplement, the number who in that week entered a second or further period of receipt following a successful

(1) JANUARY-MARCH 1972
Week ending	Number receiving FIS	Awards expiring*	Awards—new or following a break in payment†	Renewal awards—continuous with previous awards†
7th January	…	…	…	66,000	1,300	980	530
14th January	…	…	…	66,000	1,200	1,010	750
21st January	…	…	…	66,000	1,200	1,200	1,050
28th January	…	…	…	68,000	1,100	1,280	1,300
4th February	…	…	…	67,000	2,200	1,300	1,870
11th February	…	…	…	65,000	5,700	1,390	2,170
18th February	…	…	…	62,000	5,800	1,470	2,330
25th February	…	…	…	60,000	5,000	2,070	2,260
3rd March	…	…	…	59,000	3,900	2,120	2,160
10th March	…	…	…	58,000	3,700	1,960	2,500
17th March	…	…	…	59,000	3,000	2,140	2,460
24th March	…	…	…	59,000	2,900	2,560	2,310
31st March	…	…	…	60,000	3,100	1,610	1,580

(2) APRIL-SEPTEMBER 1972
FIS pay day	Number receiving FIS	Awards expiring*	Commencements of awards on first claims	Commencements of awards on second and later claims
					(in 4–5 weeks to date shown)
25th April	…	…	…	65,000	10,600	— 28,800‡	—
30th May	…	…	…	84,000	10,500	11,000	5,500
						(estimated)	(estimated)
27th June	…	…	…	87,000	7,600	6,200	4,200
25th July	…	…	…	91,000	6,500	6,000	4,700
29th August	…	…	…	87,000	19,900	4,300	11,200
26th September	…	…	…	84,000	13,700	3,600	7,800
*i.e. payments ceasing during the period shown, whether renewed or not.
† Payments resulting from these awards did not normally commence in the same week as the award was made.
‡ Separate figures of first and later awards not available.
Take up is about half the number estimated to be eligible (three-quarters in the case over awards of £2); periodic estimates of the number eligible are not available.