§ Mr. CorbettTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will estimate, on the basis of benefit rates from April 1988 and the expected claiming pattern, the number of families and dependent children who, but for child benefit, would be entitled to income-related benefits by each Birmingham parliamentary constituency or by each office of his Department by address, in Birmingham.
§ Mr. ScottThe information is only available nationally and cannot be given for particular areas. The national 83W figures were given in my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Kensington (Sir B. Rhys-Williams) on 9 November at column 85.