asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will state (a) the number of claimants under the Children's Allowances Acts in receipt of each weekly rate of allowance from 2/6 upwards, (b) the number of children (i) inclusive and (ii) exclusive of the first two, (c) the number of children (i) inclusive and (ii) exclusive of the first and (d) the average amount paid to each household during the year 1951.
Written Answers. - Children's Allowances.
As the reply includes a table and other statistical matter, I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to have it circulated with the Official Report.
The reply is as follows:—
(a) The numbers of claimants under the Children's Allowances Acts in receipt of each weekly rate of allowance from 2/6d upwards are shown in the following table—
|
WEEKLY RATE |
NO. OF CLAIMANTS |
|
2/6 |
55,438 |
|
5/- |
38,843 |
|
7/6 |
24,484 |
|
10/- |
14,181 |
|
12/6 |
7,711 |
|
15/- |
3,833 |
|
17/6 |
1,776 |
|
20/- |
692 |
|
22/6 |
236 |
|
25/- |
73 |
|
TOTAL |
147,267 |
Based on the claims indicated at (a) and on figures supplied by the Central Statistics Office in respect of families of one and two children, the following is the information requested at (b) and (c)—
|
(b) (i) No. of children inclusive of the first two |
640,209 |
|
(ii) No. of children exclusive of the first two |
345,675 |
|
(c) (i) No. of children inclusive of the first |
837,939 |
|
(ii) No. of children exclusive of the first |
555,284 |
|
(d) Average amount paid to each household into which allowances were paid during the year 1951 was 5/10.49 per week or £15.5.1.06 per annum. |