§ Mr. CanavanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the estimated cost of sending out questionnaires to recipients of child benefit as a result of the benefit changes recently announced; and to what categories of recipients the questionnaires were sent.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardTo enable the increased amount of child benefit to be taken into account correctly in their assessment from uprating, letters will be sent, between 26 November and 1 March 1991, to all income support recipients, who are paid by the income support computer system, who receive child benefit. The cost of sending these out is about £150,000.