asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what representation he has received supporting an increase in child benefit.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what representations he has received requesting an increase in child benefit and what response he has made.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what representations he has received advocating an increase in child benefit.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what representations he has received since 1 January about the level of child benefits.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services when he expects next to make a statement on increasing child benefit.

I refer the right hon. and hon. Members to my reply to the hon. Member for Battersea, South (Mr. Dubs) earlier today.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what increase in child benefit will be required to compensate fully a family with three children of school age, and not drawing supplementary benefit or family income supplement, who will in future have to pay for school meals and school transport.

Because the price of school meals and transport will be at the discretion of local authorities, it is not possible to say what increase, if any, in child benefit would be required to compensate the family referred to.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the current value of child benefit at the survey prices relevant at the date of introduction of the scheme.

£2·94, based on the retail price index for January 1980.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report those persons or bodies from which he has received representations relating to child benefit.

No. This information is not readily available and could not be obtained without disproportionate cost, but I refer the hon. Member to the reply my right hon. Friend gave to the hon. Member for Battersea, South (Mr. Dubs) earlier today.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what reply he has sent to the Conservative Women's National Advisory Committee regarding its request for an increase in child benefit.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what reply he has sent to the Conservative Women's National Advisory Committee regarding its request for an increase in child benefit.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what reply he has sent to the Conservative Women's National Advisory Committee regarding its request for an increase in child benefit.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what reply he has sent to the Conservative Women's National Advisory Committee regarding its request for an increase in child benefit.

I refer the hon. Members to my reply to the hon. Members for Barking (Miss Richardson) and Fife, Central (Mr. Hamilton) today.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will introduce legislation to enable the parents of 19-year-olds still in full-time education at school to obtain child benefit allowance.

No. There has to be an upper age limit on the age to which a young person can be regarded as a child for child benefit purposes and I consider it reasonable that this should be put at age 19. This corresponds to the age at which the great majority of young persons have completed their secondary education and have either entered the employment field or gone on to higher education.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the value of child tax allowance at the standard rate and family allowance or child benefit as a proportion of the main national insurance benefit for children for one and two-children two-parent families for the period since 1945.

The information required is as follows: