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Ms. Richardson
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the latest figures for the number of (a) one-parent families and (b) two-parent families in receipt of family income supplement; in each case what are the average payments; and how many families in each category receive the maximum payment allowed.
Mr. Whitney
The position at the end of April 1985, the latest date for which information is available, was as follows:
| Numbers in receipt of FIS | Average payment | Numbers receiving maximum | |
| Two-parent families | 117,000 | £11·50 | 15,000 |
| One-parent families | 82,000 | £13·20 | 11,000 |
| Total | 199,000 | — | 26,000 |