§ Q15. Mr. Meacherasked the Prime Minister if he is satisfied with the co-ordination between the Treasury, the Department of Health and Social Security and the Department of the Environment regarding the income position of the low-paid worker; and what proposals he has to improve this situation.
§ The Prime MinisterAll the Departments concerned work closely together. The family income supplement is now benefiting about 100,000 families by approximately £2 a week, and the benefit is to be uprated in a month's time.