HC Deb 29 June 1981 vol 7 c287W
Mr. Canavan

asked the Lord Privy Seal what delegations from Chile to Great Britain the Government have helped either to finance or organise over the past year; and what delegations are arranged to come in future.

Mr. Nicholas Ridley

The following visits have been wholly or partially organised and/or financed by Her Majesty's Government in the past year:

  1. (a) The Mayor of Santiago and his wife, 21–28 June 1980
  2. (b) The director of the newspaper "La Estrella", 7–11 July 1980
  3. (c) A group of four trade journalists, 20–25 October 1980
  4. (d) The editor of the magazine "Estrategia", 28 April-1 May 1981

The following visit has also been arranged:

  1. (a) The President of the Chilean National Agricultural Society (invited by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Central Office of Information). 6–14 July 1981.

Families receiving maximum payments of family income supplement (FIS) Great Britain
Two-parent families Motherless one-parent families
Number of children the family Maximum FIS pay-able Number receiving maximum FIS Average FIS payment to two-parent families Number receiving maximum FIS Average FIS payment to motherless one-parent families
£ £ £
1 17.00 1,070 8.46 70 9.94
2 18.50 1,870 9.46 100 11.48
3 20.00 1,220 10.50 40 13.06

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