§ 7. Mr. David NicholsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the average family credit payment and what was the average family income supplement payment in 1978–79 in current prices.
§ 19. Sir Hal MillerTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the average family credit payment: and what was the average family income supplement payment in 1978–79 in today's prices.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardThe average amount of family credit in payment is around £30 a week. The average payment of family income supplement in March 1979 was £5.22 or £11.30 at current prices.
§ 18. Mr. BurnsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many families benefit from family credit; and how many benefited from the predecessor scheme in 1978–79.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardThe latest available information is for the end of August when the family credit case load was 323,000. This compares with 78,000 families receiving family income supplement at the end of 1978–79.
§ 24. Mr. Ian TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the latest figure he has for the number of families in receipt of family credit; and what was the comparable figure for family income supplement.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardThe latest information is for the end of August when the family credit case load was 323,000. Family income supplement was in payment to 213,000 families immediately before that scheme came to an end in April 1988.