§ Sir David KnoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security further to his reply of 2 December 1993,Official Report, column 720, if he will now show (a) the numbers of United Kingdom families with children and (b) the numbers of United Kingdom children dependent on supplementary benefit and income support in 1979, 1989 and 1992 and the percentages of (i) United Kingdom families with children and (ii) United Kingdom children involved.
§ Mr. HagueInformation is not available in the form requested.
Records showing expenditure on heating for individual buildings for the past four years are not held.
Before April 1991 fuel and utility charges for the Government estate were met by the Property Services Agency.
833WSince 1991 we have, in common with other Government Departments, provided to the Department of the Environment's energy efficiency office the following total expenditure on energy:
Year £ 1990–91 12,515,493 1991–92 14,213,000 1992–93 15,600,000 Details of energy expenditure for the year to date are not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.