§ Sir Brandon Rhys Williamsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his estimate, for each of the past 10 years, of the number of babies born to mothers dependent on supplementary benefit, and not eligible for maternity grant.
§ Mr. PrenticeThe information requested is not available. However, for the purpose of a recent exercise, it was estimated from all the available data for 1978 that the number involved was broadly of the order of 12,000.
§ Sir Brandon Rhys Williamsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he intends to make standard conditions governing the authorisation and value of exceptional needs payments to expectant mothers dependent on supplementary benefit, and ineligible for maternity grant.
§ Mr. PrenticeUnder the Social Security Bill, which is currently before the House, all rules governing exceptional needs payments will be standardised in regulations.
§ Sir Brandon Rhys Williamsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish a table showing rates of pre-natal, post-natal and maternity allowances, as appropriate, in each member State of the EEC and in Sweden, expressed in local currencies.
Ages Number 17–24 25–34 35–44 45–54 55–59 60–64 Camden … … 29 9 4 3 5 5 3 Cedars Lodge … 16 9 1 2 3 1 — Total … … 45 18 5 5 8 6 3
Weeks in residence Less than 1 1 but less than 6 6 but less than 13 13 but less than 26 26 but less than 52 52 or more Camden … … 11 8 5 5 — — Cedars Lodge … 2 5 5 3 — 1 It is estimated that 15 of those at Camden and nine of those at Cedars Lodge on that date would have fallen within section 2 of the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 if they had left the centres.
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§ Mrs. ChalkerThe rates of such allowances in each of the member States of the EEC are set out in "Comparative Social Security Tables for Member States of the European Communities" published by the Department. A copy of the latest version of the tables, showing the position at 1 January 1979, is available in the Library of the House.
The latest information we have on rates of benefit in Sweden relates to June 1976. At that date, an expectant mother satisfying the insurance and other conditions for parenthood benefit could receive between 25 Kr. and 179 Kr. a day—according to income—from the 60th day before the expected birth to the 29th day after the birth. Thereafter the benefit could be paid to whichever parent had care of the child, up to a maximum of 210 days in total.