§ Mrs. Beckettasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish draft guidelines necessary for the regulation of repayments made on loans from the proposed social fund, particularly in respect of (i) period of repayment, (ii) scale of repayments and (iii) discretionary powers to waive repayments.
§ Mr. NewtonWe shall, of course, give appropriate information about the working of the proposed fund in
Great Britain Number of Working Families according to Family Size at various income levels Normal gross weekly income excluding state benefits Number of children All families with children £ 1 2 3 4+ 90–94 48,000 49,000 17,000 5,000 119,000 95–99 42,000 61,000 9,000 3,000 115,000 100–104 58,000 70,000 28,000 11,000 167,000 105–109 63,000 76,000 18,000 8,000 165,000 110–114 49,000 78,000 13,000 5.000 145,000 115–119 60,000 57,000 23,000 8,000 148,000 120–124 65,000 82,000 22,000 5,000 174,000 125–129 102,000 65,000 13,000 11,000 191,000 130–134 73,000 68,000 13,000 3,000 157,000 135–140 96,000 92,000 49,000 19,000 256,000 Total 1,637,000 Notes:
1. The figures are derived from 1981 family expenditure survey data and are subject to sampling error.
2. The figures include those where the family head had been sick or unemployed for less than three months at the time of the survey. In these cases the family's normal income when the head was in work has been used in determining income level.
3. The figures exclude those living in institutions.