HC Deb 13 December 1988 vol 143 c536W
Mrs. Beckett

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish in theOfficial Report (a) the anticipated end of the year out-turn on the numbers of claimants and levels of expenditure, (b) the most recent figures for the numbers of claimants and levels of expenditure and (c) the anticipated numbers of claimants and levels of expenditure for 1988–89 for (i) funeral payments from the social fund and (ii) maternity payments from the social fund.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

These figures are not yet available and I shall write to the hon. Member when they are.