§ Mr. Evansasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will provide the latest estimate of the number of regular family income supplement payments in the north-west and show what proportion of the eligible population this represents.
§ Mr. MajorI refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull, East (Mr. Prescott) on 20 January at column58.
§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the current rate of notional fuel element contained within family income supplement.
§ Mr. NewtonThe prescribed amounts for family income supplement do not contain a separate element for fuel. They have been increased annually at least in line with increases in the retail prices index, which includes elements for heating and fuel costs.
§ 1985. Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many claimants were awarded family income supplement in Scotland in (a) 1984 and (b)
§ Mr. MajorThe number of families in Scotland in receipt of family income supplement at the end of 1984 and the end of November 1985, the latest date for which information is available, was as follows.
December 1984 25,000 November 1985 24,000