§ Mr. McCrindleTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will take steps to exclude from the calculation of entitlement to family credit and income support, the receipt of child benefit; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter LloydNo. Provision is already made in income support for children's requirements. In family credit the support for children is the total of child benefit and the child credit rates. Thus in both schemes to ignore child benefit would mean double provision.