§ Dr. Edmund Marshallasked the Secretary of State for the Environment why entitlement to rent and rate rebates is calculated in accordance with an applicant's gross income rather than take-home income.
§ Mr. StanleyIt is easier administratively for local authorities to assess rebates according to gross income because this relieves them of the need to ascertain, for instance, individual national insurance and tax liabilities. These liabilities are taken into account by the earnings disregard and the rebate "taper" which are built-in features of the rebate schemes.