HL Deb 02 November 1988 vol 501 c385WA
Baroness Jeger

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many families are now receiving income support; and what proportion this represents of those estimated to be eligible.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security (Lord Skelmersdale)

Statistical information about families receiving income support will not be available until the publication of the Annual Statistical Enquiry in Summer 1989.