§ Mr. David Steelasked the Secretary of State for Social Services when he intends to implement the Fisher Committee's recommendation that all claimants should automatically receive a notice of assessment showing how their benefit is computed.
§ Mr. DeanExplanatory notices are currently sent automatically in certain kinds of case and in all others claimants are informed that they may have an explanatory notice on request. We hope that it will be possible to launch a pilot project later this year in which such notices will be issued automatically on a much wider basis than at present.