§ 27. Mr. Nicholas Edwardsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many chronic sick and their families are expected to benefit from the new package of allowances that becomes effective in September.
§ Mr. DeanIt is estimated that some 340,000 households may benefit from the new invalidity allowance, the higher rates for the children of the chronic sick and 245W the relaxed earnings rule for working wives between them. But a proportion of these households will have reductions in their supplementary benefit