§ 20. Mr. Allen McKayTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how much will be spent on benefits for children in low-income families, excluding child benefit, in the next financial year.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardOur planned expenditure on provision for families in 1990–91, excluding child benefit, is nearly £5.4 billion. With the addition of child benefit expenditure of £4.6 billion, this makes a total provision for the family of nearly £10 billion.
§ 58. Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how much will be spent on benefits for children in low-income families in the next financial year, excluding child benefit.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardPlanned expenditure on provision for families in 1990–91, excluding child benefit, is £5,359 million. This includes the extra help to low income families with children which since April 1988 has amounted to £350 million in real terms. The benefits included in this total are one-parent benefit, family credit, maternity benefit and statutory maternity pay, and income support, housing benefit and community charge benefit paid to lone parents and to people looking after elderly parents.