HC Deb 27 January 1989 vol 145 c804W
Mr. Robin Cook

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many families were receiving family income supplement in November 1986, December 1986, November 1987 and December 1987.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

A total of 221,000 families received payments of family income supplement for November 1986, and 218,000 for December 1986. These figures include all families who received payments for the months shown even though they may not have received them until later. They are therefore not strictly comparable with family credit figures which are based on the number of awards actually in payment at the end of the relevant month. Reliable information is not available for 1987.