§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many long-term sick and disabled 32W people will have their benefits reduced by the clawback provision of the Social Security Act 1981 and will thus be worse off in real terms at the end of 1981 than they were at the beginning of the year.
§ Mr. RossiI regret that calculations of this kind cannot be made until the retail price index is published in December 1981. Even then it will not be possible to give a full answer because separate records are not kept of long term sick and disabled people in receipt of certain benefits.