Children (Supplementary Benefit) (Hansard, 15 July 1988)

HC Deb 15 July 1988 vol 137 c378W 378W

§ Mr. Squire
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish a table from the "Low Income Families Statistics 1985" showing the number of children in Great Britain living below, on or up to 40 per cent. above, supplementary benefit level in 1985; and what proportion of all children they represent in each case.

§ Mr. Portillo
The information is set out in the table:

Children in families Great Britain 1985

Number (thousand) Percentage of all children

Receiving supplementary benefit or housing benefit supplement (HBS) 1,890 15

Not receiving supplementary benefit or (HBS) but with:

—relative net resources below 100 per cent, of the supplementary benefit scale rates 360 3

—relative net resources below 140 per cent, of the supplementary benefit scale rates 1,650 13

Children in families Great Britain 1985
	Number (thousand)	Percentage of all children
Receiving supplementary benefit or housing benefit supplement (HBS)	1,890	15
Not receiving supplementary benefit or (HBS) but with:
—relative net resources below 100 per cent, of the supplementary benefit scale rates	360	3
—relative net resources below 140 per cent, of the supplementary benefit scale rates	1,650	13