§ Ms. MowlamTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will provide figures of the number of people in Northern Ireland who have lost entitlement to free school meals and free milk and vitamins as a result of the change from family income supplement to family credit.
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§ Mr. Needham[holding answer 11 July 1988]: Precise figures are not available but just under 15,000 families who were in receipt of family income supplement immediately prior to its replacement in April by family credit would have lost entitlement to either free school meals or free welfare foods (or both). Cash help of £2.55 a week for each child was included by way of compensation for this loss in the succeeding family credit award.