§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services further to the reply dated 18 January 1982, Official Report, c. 48–49, concerning entitlement to child benefit, whether under present policies the one-parent benefit would still be payable if child benefit generally was increased to £15 per week.
§ Mr. NewtonYes. The Child Benefit Act 1975, and regulations made under that Act, provide for child benefit increase—one-parent benefit—to be paid in addition to child benefit.