§ 20. Mr. ThurnhamTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if statistical information is available on the number of claimants and subsequent recipients of family credit in each area of the United Kingdom; and what arrangements are being made to monitor the take-up rate during the current campaign.
§ Mr. Peter LloydInformation is now available on the number of people actually receiving family credit in each local social security office area in Great Britain immediately before the start of the current take-up campaign, and this information will be updated from time to time as part of the monitoring of the campaign. A similar breakdown of the number of claims for family430W credit is not available. Information about take-up rates can only be obtained retrospectively, from family expenditure survey data, and only on a national basis.