§ Mr. Clinton Davisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) in how many cases in 1971 the Department of Social Security or the Supplementary Benefits Commission has resisted payments of benefits to an unmarried mother and child who has refused to return to her country of origin, with the father of the child, who has been ordered to be deported from this country;
(2) what instructions he gives to his Department concerning the payment of benefits of an unmarried mother and her child when she has refused to accompany the father of the child who has been ordered to be deported from this country.
§ Mr. DeanThere are no specific instructions about the payment of supplementary benefit in this type of case and it has, not been possible to trace any case where supplementary benefit has been refused in the circumstances described. If the hon. Member has a particular case in mind I should be glad to look into it.