§ Mr. Ralph HowellTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will state, on the same basis as his reply to the hon. Member for Pembroke (Mr. Bennett), 7 June 1988,Official Report columns 521–22, the total amount of child benefit, together with the number of families and children in respect of which it is paid, and the percentage which each figure represents for the income bands (a) under £5,000, (b) £5,000–10,000, (c) £10,000–15,000, (d) £15,000–20,000, (e) £20,000–25,000, (f) £25,000–50,000, (g) £50,000–100,000 and (h) £100,000 and over.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardInformation about the incomes of families receiving child benefit is not routinely collected. The following estimates of the distribution of gross incomes of recipient families in 1989–90 are therefore made on the basis of sample survey data which are subject to normal sampling and response variation.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardThe latest information about losses of items from the Department's offices relate to the 1988–89 financial year when the value of these losses came to £106,744.