§ Mr. Georgeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how much was paid out in benefit to children whose parents were claiming a retirement pension for the latest available year; and for how many children benefit is drawn;
(2) how much was paid out in attendance allowances to children for the latest available year; and for how many children benefit was drawn;
(3) how much was paid out in benefit to the children of claimants drawing sickness benefit for the latest available year; and for how many children benefit was drawn;
(4) how much was paid out in benefit to the children of claimants drawing unemployment benefit for the latest available year; and for how many children benefit was drawn;
639W(5) how much money was paid out in guardian's allowance for the latest available year; and for how many children benefit is drawn;
(6) how much was paid out in family allowances for the latest available year; and for how many children benefit is drawn;
(7) how much was paid out to children of claimants drawing the non-contributory invalidity benefit for the latest available year; and for how many children benefit was drawn;
(8) how much was paid out in children's benefit to claimants drawing a disablement benefit for the latest available year; and for how many children benefit was drawn;
(9) how much was paid out in benefit to the children of widowed claimants national insurance benefits for the latest available year; and for how many children benefit was drawn;
(10) how much was paid out to children of claimants drawing invalidity benefit for the latest available year; and for how many children benefit was drawn;
(11) how much was paid out to children of claimants drawing industrial injury benefit for the latest available year; and for how many children benefit was drawn;
(12) how much was paid out to children of claimants drawing war pensions for the latest available year; and for how many children benefit was drawn.
§ Mr. DeakinsThe estimated costs and numbers in respect of 1975–76 are set out in the following table:
640W
Benefit Number of children for whom benefit is paid Cost of benefit for children (000s) (£ million) Retirement pension 31 9 Attendance allowance 40 18 Sickness benefit 345 44 Unemployment benefit 370 46 Guardian's allowance 5 1.6 Family allowance 6,900 531 Non-contributory invalidity pension 6 1 Industrial disablement benefit 0.75 0.2 Widows pension and Industrial Death benefit 185 53 Invalidity benefit 180 48 Industrial injury benefit 46 6 War disablement and widows pensions 117.5 4.4
§ Mr. Georgeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how much was paid out in FIS for the latest available year; and for how many children benefit was drawn.
§ Mr. DeakinsExpenditure on FIS in 1975–76 amounted to £11.9 million. At January 1976, the latest date for which information is available, there were 134,000 children in 60,000 families in receipt of FIS.
§ Mr. Georgeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how much was paid out to children of supplementary benefit claimants for the latest available year; and for how many children benefit was drawn.
§ Mr. DeakinsThe amounts paid by way of supplementary benefit take into account other income so that it is not possible to isolate with any precision the element of total benefit payable in respect of children. However it can be broadly estimated that on the basis of December 1975, the latest date for which information is available, the annual rate of expenditure in respect of 1,077,000 children in 502,000 families receiving supplementary benefit was in the region of £125 million.
§ Mr. Georgeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how much was paid out to children of claimants drawing the invalidity care allowance for the latest available year; and for how many children benefit was drawn.
§ Mr. DeakinsInvalid care allowance does not become payable until 5th July.