HC Deb 21 November 1977 vol 939 cc462-3W
Mrs. Wise

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what is his estimate of the number of families who would be eligible for family income supplement were it not for the fact that the wife, not the husband, is the full-time worker;

(2) what is his estimate of the cost of extending eligibility for family income supplement to families where the wife works full-time and the husband does not.

Mr. Orme

I will let my hon. Friend have a reply as soon as possible.

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