§ 18 Mr. Formanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make a statement on the child interim benefit.
§ 23. Sir George Youngasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make a statement on the child interim benefit.
§ Mr. EnnalsPayment of child interim benefit of £1.50 a week began on 6th April. Up to that date 185,582 claims had been received. The benefit will continue to be paid through the year to April 1977, when it will be absorbed within the general child benefit scheme.