HC Deb 24 October 1994 vol 248 cc426-7W
Mr. Denham

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what estimate he has made of the number of claimants eligible for the new child allowance.

Mr. Burt

We estimate that 150,000 families will benefit from the introduction of the new help with child-care charges in family credit, disability working allowance, housing benefit and council tax benefit. This includes 50,000 taking up work as a direct result of the change.