§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the current level of social security benefits received by(a) a single householder aged under 25 years, (b) a single householder with disabilities aged under 25 years, (c) a pensioner couple, (d) a pensioner couple with disabilities and (e) an unemployed man with a dependent wife and two children; and in each case what they would have received at the present time if the pre-April 1988 system of benefits were still operating.
§ Mr. Gillian ShephardThe question is not sufficiently specific concerning the circumstances of each beneficiary to enable an assessment to be made of what benefit they might have been entitled to under the old scheme, or would be entitled to under the present scheme.
§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people he estimates are currently eligible for family credit and/or income support(a) in Wales, (b) in each county in Wales and (c) in each district council area in Wales; and what is the percentage take-up in each case.
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§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardThis information is not available.
Information about the total number of families eligible for family credit or income support can be obtained only for Great Britain, and only retrospectively, from family expenditure survey data.