Mrs. Maurice Jones

HC Deb 28 July 1977 vol 936 cc593-4W

Mr. Sproat

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will confirm that Mrs. Maurice Jones, wife of the editor of the "Yorkshire Miner", currently in East Germany, is entitled to claim, as a tax-free lump sum, accumulated child benefit in respect of up to the first six

Mr. Deakins

The information required is given in the following table:

months she and her child spend in East Germany, when she returns to the United Kingdom.

Mr. Orme

I would refer the hon. Member to my reply to him on 20th July—[Vol. 935, c. 627]—describing the child benefit rules applying to absences abroad. The decision in any individual case would be a matter for the determining authorities, in the light of the particular circumstances of the case, under Section 7 of the Child Benefit Act.