§ Mr. Squireasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his latest estimate of the number of children of school age for whom family income supplement is currently in payment.
§ Mr. NewtonAt October 1985, the latest date for which information is available, there were 261,000 children aged 5 to 15 in families receiving family income supplement. There were a further 27,000 children aged 16 to 18 still engaged in full-time non-advanced education.