HC Deb 06 August 1980 vol 990 c210W
Miss Richardson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what would be the net cost in the financial years 1981–82 and 1982–83 of each extra 1p on child benefit on the basis of the estimates used in the "The Government's Expenditure Plans 1980–81 to 1983–84" of the number of children receiving child benefit.

Mrs. Chalker

About £5½ million in both years.