§ Mr. John Hallasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether the tables in Command Paper No. 5116 which show the impact of tax credits on different families assume take up of family income supplement by those eligible.
§ Sir K. JosephYes. To the extent that families have not claimed the family income supplement they are entitled to, the transition to tax credits would mean increases in income of up to £5 a week more than the illustrative figures in the Green Paper.
The following table illustrates this in connection with the examples given in the Green Paper of family men earning £15 and £20 a week:
by executive councils for each month during the last three years.
§ Mr. AlisonThe information is as follows: