HC Deb 08 February 1977 vol 925 c636W
65. Mrs. Hayman

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what progress his Department has made in formulating a new system of income support for one-parent families following its dismissal of the guaranteed maintenance allowance, as proposed by the Finer Committee.

Mr. Orme

I have nothing to add to my reply to my hon. Friend on 27th October 1976.—[Vol. 918, c.287–8.]

Mrs. Chalker

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many single-parent families were in receipt of child interim benefit at the end of December 1976.

Mr. Orme

About 200,000.