§ Mr. Ovendenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will ensure that widows receive the same financial benefits from future child benefit increase as other standard rate taxpayers.
§ Mr. OrmeThe Government have taken steps to ensure that there will be no change in the net income of widows and certain other beneficiaries as a result of the changes in child benefit, national insurance allowances for children and income tax allowances, next April. Widows, like other national insurance beneficiaries, received a substantial increase in their incomes last November.