HC Deb 29 November 1979 vol 974 c745W
Mr. Ralph Howell

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what would be the cost of replacing all existing children's benefits and allowances by a single scale of age-related child benefits equal in value to children's supplementary benefit rates.

Mr. Chalker

Of the order of £1¾ billion at November 1979 benefit rates.

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