§ Miss Richardsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what proportion of (a) sickness beneficiaries with children and (b) invalidity pensioners with children were receiving (i) supplementary benefit and/or (ii) family income supplement at the latest available date.
§ Mr. RossiInformation about the number of sickness benefit recipients with children who are also receiving
Paragraph 9—Ease of managing according to frequency of payment—women with dependent children Per cent. Four-weekly Two-weekly In full- or part-time work Not working All mothers In full-or part-time work Not working All mothers Very easy 36 29 32 52 40 46 73 64 68 83 73 78 Fairly easy 37 35 36 31 33 32 Fairly difficult 15 12 13 8 12 10 Very difficult 7 13 10 3 9 6 10 25 18 4 14 9 Impossible 3 12 8 1 5 3 Don't know 1 1 4 1 3 NoteThe differences between mothers in full or part-time work and those not working are not considered to be significant at the 95 per cent. confidence level: they would be significant at the 80 per cent. confidence level.