HC Deb 25 July 1989 vol 157 cc641-2W
Mr. Nernst

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what estimate he has made of savings accruing to his Department from reductions in the payment of benefit to participants in the 50-plus jobstart scheme; and if he will make a statement.

Family support 1978–79 to 1988–89 (£ million)
1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83
cash/real real real real real
FIS/Family credit 24 23 30 43 58
Maternity grant 16 14 12 11 10
Maternity allowance 105 107 108 104 94
Statutory maternity pay
Supplmentary benefit/income support1 and housing benefit 629 490 483 575 767
Social fund
Child benefit 1,776 2,389 2,129 2,222 2,252
One parent benefit 22 37 44 50 56
Child tax allowances 460
Additional personal tax allowance (lone parent) 60 60 61 76 86
Total 3,092 3,121 2,867 3,080 3,323

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

The initiative is being piloted for a year in four areas. It started on 26 June. An estimate of potential income support savings will be possible once the results of the pilot are available.

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