If there are any plans to increase benefits paid to war widows of two world wars to make them more comparable with incomes of widows of servicemen who died after 1973. - Includes ref to 159 c673-4W.

If there are any plans to increase benefits paid to war widows of two world wars to make them more comparable with incomes of widows of servicemen who died after 1973. - Includes ref to 159 c673-4W.

What steps Sec of State intends to take to increase financial support over & above income support limits announced in recent upratings statement to allow elderly people in private residential & nursing homes to meet full costs of their care.

What steps Sec of State intends to take to increase financial support over & above income support limits announced in recent upratings statement to allow elderly people in private residential & nursing homes to meet full costs of their care.

(Further to 158 c841-69) to provide breakdown of cost of extra #70m. DSS is spending on families with children by each measure announced in uprating statement - Details given

(Further to 158 c841-69) to provide breakdown of cost of extra #70m. DSS is spending on families with children by each measure announced in uprating statement - Details given

(Further to 158 c841-69) to provide breakdown of cost of each of 10 immediate improvements in benefits for disabled people & their carers announced in uprating statement - Details given

(Further to 158 c841-69) to provide breakdown of cost of each of 10 immediate improvements in benefits for disabled people & their carers announced in uprating statement - Details given

What would be reduction in spending on family credit in 1989-90 if child benefit was increased in line with inflation

What would be reduction in spending on family credit in 1989-90 if child benefit was increased in line with inflation

What would have been cost of increasing child benefit in line with earnings in each of last 2 years

What would have been cost of increasing child benefit in line with earnings in each of last 2 years

What would be cost of uprating child benefit in line with inflation in 1990-91

What would be cost of uprating child benefit in line with inflation in 1990-91

To estimate no of families with children & children which would not be brought into income-related benefits if child benefit were increased in line with inflation in 1990-91

To estimate no of families with children & children which would not be brought into income-related benefits if child benefit were increased in line with inflation in 1990-91

To give proportion of income support allocated for poll tax payments in Bristol, south-west region & nationally. - Includes figures nationally.

To give proportion of income support allocated for poll tax payments in Bristol, south-west region & nationally. - Includes figures nationally.

To comment on what further plans to study ways of encouraging single mothers to return to work rather than depend on income support & other benefits. - Includes figures. (Holding answr 23 October 1989).

To comment on what further plans to study ways of encouraging single mothers to return to work rather than depend on income support & other benefits. - Includes figures. (Holding answr 23 October 1989).

(Further to 135 c575-80W), to publish tables on spending power but using expenditure & benefit figures appropriate for families in Doncaster & Wath-on-Dearne together with a column showing the extent of the differences resulting from the changes in April & October 1989.

(Further to 135 c575-80W), to publish tables on spending power but using expenditure & benefit figures appropriate for families in Doncaster & Wath-on-Dearne together with a column showing the extent of the differences resulting from the changes in April & October 1989.

How many claimants DSS expects will not receive full uprating of their benefit next April as a result of transitional protection. - Ref to 158 c460. (Failed OPQ).

How many claimants DSS expects will not receive full uprating of their benefit next April as a result of transitional protection. - Ref to 158 c460. (Failed OPQ).

If DSS proposes to uprate child benefit for next relevant year (Failed OPQ)

If DSS proposes to uprate child benefit for next relevant year (Failed OPQ)