41. Mr. Thomeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he in-tends to provide for one-parent families any additional new allowances in 1979.
§ Mr. Orme:I have no plans for adding new benefits to the existing range paid to one-parent families, now totalling £900 million a year. In April, however, I propose to extend family income Supplement to an additional 10,000 or so lone parents working a minimum of 24 hours a week.