§ Mr. Bestasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many two-earner couples currently receive family income supplement; and how many two-earner couples he estimates will receive family credit.
§ Mr. NewtonThere are 10,000 couples receiving family income supplement where both have earnings: this includes cases where one of the couple has some earnings but is working less than the qualifying number of hours for family income supplement. In family credit, on the basis of the illustrative assumptions in the technical annex to the White Paper (Cmnd. 9691), we estimate that the number would be in the range of 20,000 to 30,000.