§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will up-date the reply given to the right hon. Member for Wanstead and Woodford (Mr. Jenkin) on 15th November 1976, showing all the benefits and allowances which include an element for child support at the rates operative from November 1977, distinguishing between those which are taxable and those which are not.
§ Mr. Orme,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 10th November 1977; Vol. 938, c.199–200],gave the following information:
Child benefit is not taken into account as income when arriving at the amount 472W of an award of family income supplement and the obelisk shown against the entry for family income supplement in column 1 of the table in my earlier reply should be deleted.