§ Mr. Raceasked the Secretary of State for the Social Services what is his most recent estimate on the take-up of child benefit increase amongst those one-parent families who would benefit from it; and if he will now look at the possibility of sending an application form for child benefit increase to every child benefit recipient where only one person is a payee on the order book.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThe most recent estimate of take-up of child benefit increase among one-parent families who could gain from it, is that given in my reply to the hon. Member on 22 November 1979.—[Vol. 974, c.315.]
The possibility of issuing a child benefit increase claim form in the circumstances described will be considered as part of a review of take-up of the increase which we propose to carry out during this summer.