Written question asked by Stephen O'Brien (Conservative) on Wednesday, 28 November 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 3 December 2007. It was answered by Jane Kennedy (Labour) on Tuesday, 4 December 2007 on behalf of the Treasury.

Child Benefit: Pregnant Women

Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his announcement of Child Benefits in Pregnancy in his 2006 Pre-Budget Speech, if he will place in the Library copies of (a) representations he has received and (b) minutes of meetings he has held on that policy since that date.

Answer: Representations received on the Health in Pregnancy Grant since the 2006 pre-Budget report are contained in the Treasury's 14 November 2007 press notice on the grant, on the HM Treasury website. Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. As was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 170574; 468 c1197W
Session: 2007-08
Related items: Pre-Budget Report
Wednesday, 6 December 2006
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Commons
Subjects: Grants Pregnancy
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