Written question asked by Malcolm Wicks (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 December 1994. It was answered by Roger Evans (Conservative) on Monday, 12 December 1994 on behalf of the Department of Social Security.

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Dept of Social Security

Question

How many families have been eligible for, and what has been the cost to public funds of, (a) family income supplement and (b) family credit since their introduction. - Table given for number of families receiving either family income supplement or family credit in each year since 1971 and the benefit expenditure for each financial year.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

251 c534W

Session

1994-95

Subjects

Families Expenditure Family credit Recipients Social security benefits Family income supplements

Contains statistics

Yes