§ Mr. Peter BottomleyTo ask the Prime Minister (1) if it remains her policy that the level of the child cash allowance may still be dealt with in the Budget:
(2) if, while retaining the Department of Social Security to administer the child allowance scheme, she will limit the responsibility for determining the level of the child cash allowance to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and herself.
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§ The Prime MinisterThe Social Security Act 1986 requires the Secretary of State for Social Security to review the level of child benefit each year having regard to the national economic situation and any other matters which he considers relevant. This duty is most appropriately discharged as part of the annual review of social security matters.