HC Deb 08 March 1988 vol 129 c164W
39. Mr. Flannery

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many families will lose net weekly spending power in April on the basis of the figures given in his answer to the hon. Member for Kensington (Sir B. Rhys Williams) on 4 February,Official Report, column 737.

48. Mr. Martlew

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many families will lose net weekly spending power in April on the basis of the figures given in his answer to the hon. Member for Kensington (Sir B. Rhys Williams) on 4 February,Official Report, column 737.

Mr. Scott

The hypothetical examples given in my reply to the hon. Member for Kensington (Sir B. Rhys Williams) on 4 February at columns737–42 cannot be used to assess the actual impact of the reforms. Nationally representative data reflecting families' actual circumstances give a more balanced picture. I refer the hon. Members to the "Impact of the Reformed Structure of Income-Related Benefits" published last October by the Department. Copies are in the Library.