§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security whether he will reissue the table published in theOfficial Report of 13 February 1992, columns 607, showing the combined value of child benefit and child dependency increases for widows and invalidity pensioners, with amended headings showing the meaning of each column of figures; and whether he will publish a similar table showing the combined value of child benefit and war widows' children's allowances.
§ Mr. BurtThe tables are as follows:
45W1 Where the new higher rate of child benefit for the eldest qualifying child applied, the war widow's child's allowance was adjusted so the total level of support remained the same for all children.
§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what proportion and how many supplementary benefit income support claims from couples are made by women each year.
§ Mr. BurtThere is no information on the proportion of claims from couples made by women.
Of those actually receiving income support, there are about 35,000 couples in which the woman is the claimant. This is approximately 5 per cent. of the total.
Source: Income Support Annual Statistical Enquiry May 1990.