§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will estimate how much of the cash compensation for free school meals and free welfare milk included in the family credit payment under his proposals in Cmnd. 9691 is lost through reduced housing benefit entitlement for a married couple with one, two and three children and a lone parent with one, two and three children at gross earnings levels of (a) £60 per week, (b) £70, (c) £80, (d) £90 and (e) £100 and so on until entitlement to family credit is extinguished in each case.
§ Mr. NewtonI shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Social Services at what level of gross income entitlement to housing benefit will cease, assuming that family credit is claimed where appropriate under his proposals in Cmnd. 265W 9691 on the same basis as his reply of 24 January to the hon. Member for Dunfermline, East, Official Report, column 345–6.
§ Mr. NewtonI shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.