§ Mr. Georgeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how much was paid out by the Family Fund to handicapped children for the latest available year; and for how many children benefit is drawn.
§ Mr. Deakins£2,666,222, in the year ending May 1976. This included grants to 7,755 families receiving help from the fund for the first time. The total number of families helped, which would include those who had received previous grants, could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.