§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether child benefit is payable in the case of a woman and her lover, and one child, the man not being the father of the child, all living together on the Costa Brava, Spain, for up to six months, for that six-monthly period, if they all then return to the United Kingdom.
Total numbers on all registers Total additions to all registers Year ended 31st March Manchester Devon Manchester Devon 1970 … … … … 4,971 8,292 644 943 1972 … … … … 5,326 6,581 1,917 836 1973 … … … … 12,763 8,953 5,185 1,949 1974 … … … … 16,181 11,428 4,255 2,520 1975 … … … … 21,164 12,610 5,830 1,715 1976 … … … … 24,958 13,662 5,037 2,157
§ Mr. Thorpeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will provide comparative figures per thousand of the population of help given to severely disabled people by the county of Devon and city of Manchester under the terms of Section 2 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970; and if he
Manchester Devon Service Households assisted per 1,000 population Expenditure £ per 1,000 population Households assisted per 1,000 population Expenditure £ per 1,000 population Aids … 12.2 763 6.8 76 Adaptations … Telephones …
Persons assisted per 1,000 population Persons assisted per 1,000 population Holidays … … 1.2 31 0.5 7 (1) Information is not separately available for other services provided under section 2 and does not distinguish between degree of disability. (2) Figures of expenditure are those published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy.
§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will analyse his estimate that the cost of providing benefits on the model of the industrial injuries scheme for all disabled people
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§ Mr. OrmeProvided that the absence of a family from this country was intended throughout to be temporary, child benefit would be payable to the mother for the first 26 weeks of such absence.