§ Mr. Kirkwoodasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how much extra expenditure his Department would incur using the illustrative figures published in the technical annex to Cmnd. 9691, if the income support personal allowance for single people aged 18 to 24 years were £30.60 per week.
§ Mr. Newton[pursuant to his reply, 5 February 1986, c. 189–90]: I regret that my answer contained some incorrect information. The minimum extra cost of increasing the income support personal allowance in the way proposed by the hon. Member would be of the order of £200 million to £250 million, and not £30 million to £40 million as stated in my reply.