§ Mr. McMasterTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the subjects on which his Department or its predecessors formerly answered parliamentary questions but which are now referred by him to an executive agency.
§ Mr. ScottNext steps agency chief executives are usually asked to reply to parliamentary questions about the
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Table 1 Uprating date Rate of Child Benefit plus Child Dependency Increase for first child1 Gross adult weekly average earnings2 As a percentage of gross adult weekly average earnings Equivalent value of benefit at April 1993 prices £ £ £ November 1979 11.10 100.60 11.0 25.90 November 1980 12.25 120.20 10.2 24.79 November 1981 12.95 132.40 9.8 23.40 November 1982 13.80 142.40 9.7 23.47 November 1983 14.10 156.70 9.0 22.87 November 1984 14.50 167.00 8.7 22.42 November 1985 15.05 178.70 8.4 22.06 July 1986 15.15 189.10 8.0 21.84 April 1987 15.30 198.90 7.7 21.13 April 1988 15.65 218.40 7.2 20.80 April 1989 16.20 239.70 6.8 19.93 day-to-day operational matters of their agency and on subjects for which they have delgated responsibility, as set out in their agency's framework document.