§ Mr. Gouldasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what were the reasons for the omission of any equivalent to paragraph 10 of the National Insurance (Attendance Allowance) Regulations 1971 in the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations 1975 which replaced the 1971 Regulations.
§ Mr. Alfred MorrisThe provision whereby a claim for supplementary benefit can be treated additionally as a claim for attendance allowance, which was con-156W tained in Regulation 10 of the National Insurance (Attendance Allowance) Regulations 1971, is now contained in Regulation 9(5) of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1975 (SI 1975 No. 560).
§ Mr. Gouldasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what duty or discretion the Supplementary Benefits Commission has to treat an application for supplementary benefit as being also a claim for an attendance allowance.
§ Mr. Alfred MorrisThe Supplementary Benefits Commission has no duty or discretion to treat a claim for supplementary benefit additionally as a claim for attendance allowance. Under Sections 95(1)(e) and 80(2)(b) of the Social Security Act 1975, it is for the Secretary of State to decide such a question.