§ Rear-Admiral Morgan-Gilesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what consideration he has given to proposals that social security rent allowances should be paid to landlords rather than to tenants.
§ Mr OrmeDirect payment to the landlord is normally made when it is known that a supplementary benefit recipient is persistently failing to pay his rent. To make direct payment where the tenant is paying rent regularly would be an unnecessary intrusion into his private affairs as well as being very costly in Civil Service manpower.