HC Deb 15 November 1988 vol 140 c628W
Mrs. Margaret Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the number of families in Scotland receiving child benefit in the following annual gross income categories:(a) under £5,000, (b) £5,000 to £10,000, (c) £10,000 to £15,000, (d) £15,000 to £20,000, (e) £20,000 to £25,000, (f) £25,000 to £50,000, and (g) above £50,000.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

Estimates for Great Britain as a whole were given in the reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Pembroke (Mr. Bennett) on 17 June 1988 at columns371–72. These estimates were based on the family expenditure survey which does not allow separate analyses for Scotland, Wales and particular regions to be prepared on a statistically reliable basis.