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Sir B. Rhys Williams
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will publish a table showing the current rates of allowance payable in respect of child dependants in the different categories of entitlement under the National Insur-
| Category | Rate | Estimated numbers of children covered | |
| Increase of unemployment benefit | £3·50 (first child) | … | 118,000 |
| £2·00 (each extra child) | … | 156,000 | |
| Increase of sickness benefit | £3·50 (first child) | … | 142,000 |
| £2·00 (each extra child) | … | 167,000 | |
| Increase of maternity allowance | £3·50 (first child) | … | 9,000 |
| £2·00 (each extra child) | … | 1,000 | |
| Increase of widow's benefit | £6·50 (first child) | … | 99,000 |
| £5·00 (each extra child) | … | 62,000 | |
| Increase of retirement pension | £6·50 (first child) | … | 23,000 |
| £5·00 (each extra child) | … | 7,000 | |
| Increase of invalidity benefit | £6·50 (first child) | … | 78,000 |
| £5·00 (each extra child) | … | 98,000 | |
| Increase of injury benefit | £3·50 (first child) | … | 22,000 |
| £2·00 (each extra child) | … | 27,000 | |
| Increase of disablement benefit (unemployability supplement). | £6·50 (first child) | … | The numbers are quite small. A separate figure could be obtained only at undue cost. |
| £5·00 (each extra child) | … | ||
| Allowance in respect of child of deceased (industrial death benefit). | Higher rate | ||
| £6·50 (first child) | … | 4,500 | |
| £5·00 (each extra child) | … | 3,500 | |
| Lower rate | |||
| £3·50 (first child) | … | 2,500 | |
| £2·00 (each extra child) | … | 1,500 | |
| Guardian's allowance | £6·50 | … | 5,000 |
| Child's special allowance | £6·50 (first child) | … | 600 |
| £5·00 (each extra child) | … | 400 | |
| Supplementary benefit | Age under 5—£3·10 | … | 264,000 |
| Age 5–10—£3·75 | … | 338,000 | |
| Age 11–12—£4·60 | … | 106,000 | |
| Age 13–15—£5·60 | … | 145,000 | |
| Age 16·17—£6·70 | … | 18,000 | |
| Age 18 and over—£8·70 | … | 2,000 | |
| Family income supplement | Amounts payable for the family vary up to a maximum of £7 where there is one child; the maximum is increased by 50p for each extra child. | 142,000 | |
| Family allowances | £1·50 | … | 6,742,000 |
| Child interim benefit (payable from April 1976) | £1·50 | … | 22,000 included in awards to date. |