Child Benefit (Hansard, 6 April 1989)

§ 181. Ms. Quin
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what would have been the cost of increasing child benefit in line with earnings in each of the last two years.

§ 182. Mr. Nellist
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what would have been the cost of increasing child benefit in line with earnings in each of the last two years.

§ 183. Mr. Parry
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what would have been the cost of increasing child benefit in line with earnings in each of the last two years.

§ 184. Mr. Murphy
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what would have been the cost of increasing child benefit in line with earnings in each of the last two years.

§ Mr. Peter Lloyd
After taking account of the uprating in April 1987, the additional cost (net of savings on other benefits) would have been about £70 million in 1987–88 and a further £260 million in 1988–89.

§ Mr. Robin Cook
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will place in the Library the papers relevant to his Department's re-estimation of the numbers eligible to receive family credit.

§ Mr. Peter Lloyd
We will do so shortly.