HC Deb 18 April 1990 vol 170 c889W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how much child benefit has been paid in each of the parliamentary constituencies of Wales for(a) 1983 and (b) 1988–89.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

Information relating to child benefit in Great Britain cannot be sub-divided beyond England, Scotland and Wales. The amount of child benefit expenditure for Wales is estimated to have been £204.4 million in 1983–84 and £234.0 million in 1988–89.