§ Mr. RendelTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how much it would cost to exempt lone parents with children under five years old from the provisions laid down in Clause 70 of the Social Security Bill. [26169]
§ Mr. Keith BradleyExisting recipients will continue to retain entitlement to the lone parent element of Child Benefit. The estimated additional cost of exempting lone parents with children under five years old from the provisions laid down in Clause 70 of the Social Security Bill is £22 million over the next three years. The cost of exempting those lone parents from the parallel measure to remove entitlement to the lone parent rates of family premium would be £225 million over the same period.