Family Income Supplement (Hansard, 28 July 1988)

§ Mr. Squire

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how much family income supplement rose in(a) cash terms and (b) real terms between (i) 1979 and 1988, (ii) 1979 and 1985 and (iii) 1983 and 1985.

(i) Period November 1979 to April 1987
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
	November 1979 actual	April 1987 actual	November 1979¹ expressed in April 1987 prices	Actual increase column 2 over column 1	Real value increase column 3 over column 2
	£	£	£	£	per cent.	£	per cent.
Family income supplement.
Prescribed amount for one child family where child is aged:
Under 11	56.00	100.70	94.61	44.70	79.8	6.09	6.4
11–15	56.00	101.75	94.61	45.75	81.7	7.14	7.5
16 and over	56.00	102.80	94.61	46.80	83.6	8.19	8.7
Maximum amount for one child family, where child is aged:
Under 11	13.50	25.85	2.81	12.35	91.5	3.04	13.3
11–15	13.50	26.40	22.81	12.90	95.6	3.59	15.7
16 and over	13.50	26.90	22.81	13.40	99.3	4.09	17.9
¹ Based on the movement in the General Index of Retail Prices (all items) between November 1979 and April 1987.

(ii) Period November 1979 to November 1985
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
	November 1979 actual	November 1985 actual	November 1979¹ expressed in November 1985 prices	Actual increase column 2 over column 1	Real value increase column 3 over column 2
	£	£	£	£	per cent.	£	per cent.
Family income supplement.
Prescribed amount for one child family where child is aged:
Under 11	56.00	97.50	89.15	41.50	74.1	8.35	9.4
11–15	56.00	98.50	89.15	42.50	75.9	9.35	10.5
16 and over	56.00	99.50	89.15	43.50	77.7	10.35	11.6
Maximum amount for one child family, where child is aged:
Under 11	13.50	25.00	21.49	11.50	85.2	3.51	16.3
11–15	13.50	25.50	21.49	12.00	88.9	4.01	18.7
16 and over	13.50	26.00	21.49	12.50	92.6	4.51	21.0
¹ Based on the movement in the General Index of Retail Prices (all items) between November 1979 and November 1985.

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§ Mr. Scott

The information requested is shown in the tables. The latest relevant date for comparison purposes for family income supplement is April 1987, the date of the last uprating. Family income supplement was replaced by family credit in April 1988, but it is not possible to make direct comparisons of the rates of family credit with family income supplement because the structure of the schemes is different.

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(iii) Period November 1983 to November 1985
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
	November 1983 actual	November 1985 actual	November 1983¹ expressed in November 1985 prices	Actual increase column 2 over column 1	Real value increase column 3 over column 2
	£	£	£	£	per cent.	£	per cent.
Family income supplement.
Prescribed amount for one child family where child is aged:
Under 11	85.50	97.50	94.63	12.00	14.0	2.87	3.0
11–15	85.50	98.50	94.63	13.00	15.2	3.87	4.1
16 and over	85.50	99.50	94.63	14.00	16.4	4.87	5.1
Maximum amount for one child family, where child is aged:
Under 11	22.00	25.00	24.35	3.00	13.6	0.65	2.7
11–15	22.00	25.50	24.35	3.50	15.9	1.15	4.7
16 and over	22.00	26.00	24.35	4.00	18.2	1.65	6.8
¹Based on the movement in the General Index of Retail Prices (all items) between November 1983 and November 1985.