§ Mr. Bowdenasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many State retirement pensioners are in receipt of (a) rate rebates, (b) rent rebates and (c) rent allowances.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergOn the basis of a small sample, it is broadly estimated that in 1979, in England and Wales, the numbers of householders over pensionable age who received rent rebates, rent allowances and rate rebates were in the order of 650,000, 150,000 and 2,000,000 respectively. It is not known how many of these were State retirement pensioners.