asked the Minister for Social Welfare the sum of money paid annually to unmarried mothers by way of the unmarried mothers' allowance since 1973.
269.
Written Answers . - Unmarried Mothers' Allowance .
268.
asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of applicants and recipients of the unmarried mothers' allowance in each of the last ten years.
: I propose to take Questions Nos. 268 and 269 together.
As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose to circulate it with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
The Unmarried Mothers' Allowance Scheme was introduced on 5 July, 1973.
The number of applicants for and recipients of this allowance and the amounts paid out in each of the years since then were as follows:
|
Year |
No. of applicants |
No. of Recipients |
Expenditure |
|
(at end of year) |
£ |
||
|
1973/74 |
2,308 |
1,633 |
468,000 |
|
(from the introduction of the scheme to 31 March 1974)1974 |
785 |
2,156 |
761,000 |
|
(9 month ended 31 December 1974)1975 |
1,127 |
2,823 |
1,631,000 |
|
1976 |
1,085 |
3,334 |
2,298,000 |
|
1977 |
1,258 |
3,799 |
3,020,000 |
|
1978 |
1,425 |
4,041 |
3,830,000 |
|
1979 |
1,429 |
4,574 |
4,832,000 |
|
1980 |
2,092 |
5,267 |
7,705,000 |
|
1981 |
2,141 |
6,222 |
10,930,000 |
|
1982 |
2,360 |
7,592 |
*15,720,000 |
* Provisional. This is the amount which was provided in the Estimates.