§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many new claims have followed television advertising campaigns on family income supplement; how many (a) one-parent families and (b) two-parent families 475W are estimated to be entitled to but not claiming family income supplement; and how many (i) one-parent families and (ii) two parent families are receiving family income supplement.
§ Mrs. Chalker[pursuant to her reply, 29 June 1981]: The total numbers of new and renewal claims received in November 1980 and in each of the succeeding months that followed our last advertising campaign on provincial television, in the press and in other forms, are shown in the following table. It is not possible to separate the new claims that resulted from the television element in this campaign.
Month Total number of new and renewal claims received, to nearest thousand (Great Britain) November 1980 24,000 December 21,000 January 1981 23,000 February 20,000 March 19,000 April 20,000 May 15,000 June 15,000 For information bearing on the other parts of the hon. Member's question, I refer him to my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Kensington (Sir B. Rhys Williams) on 9 July [Vol. 8, c. 212]. No further detailed or later information is available.