§ Mr. Robert Taylorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the approximate total cost to public funds resulting from the residence in Croydon since June 1969 of Mrs. Victoria Bowling and her four children, as first notified to his Department by the hon. Member for Croydon, North-West, on 4th January 1972; and what action he is taking to implement the consequences of his decision that the family are not entitled to residence in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. LaneIn reply to the first part of the Question, information regarding claims for supplementary benefit is not published without the claimant's consent.
In answer to the second part, Mrs. Bowling has now given notice of appeal against the decision to require her to leave the United Kingdom. Until the appeal is heard her departure cannot be enforced.