HC Deb 06 December 1993 vol 234 cc112-3W
19. Mr. Riddick

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the annual spending on family credit, and what was the spending on family income supplement in 1979.

Mr. Burt

Family credit expenditure is expected to be £965 million in 1993–94. This is 14 times more in real terms than the £24 million spent on family income support in 1978–79.