HC Deb 06 April 1981 vol 2 cc208-9W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Wolverhampton, North-East, how many of the gainers in the reply to the hon. Member's question or 10 December 1979 will be losers because of the 1980 decisions on social security; and if he will divide these numbers as he did on 1 July 1980, Official Report, column 486, into (a)one-parent families, (b)two-parent families and (c) others.

Mrs. Chalker

We have no further information than that contained in my reply to the hon. Member on 1 July 1980.—[Vol. 987, c.486.]

Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many families are currently earning less than supplementary benefit rates; how many children are involved; and what are the comparable figures for each year since 1970.

Mrs. Chalker

I shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.