§ Mr. Alan HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant, to his answer of 17 December,Official Report,column 535,what estimate he has made of the numbers gaining from a maintenance disregard for lone parents of (a) £5 and (b) £10. [16670]
§ Mr. Andrew MitchellI refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave him on 17 December 1996,Official Report,column 535.Some 240,000 lone parents would gain from the introduction of a maintenance disregard of £5, £.10 or £20 a week.