§ Mr. Cyril Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Environment when the figure of £4 for war pension to be disregarded for rent rebates under the Housing Finance Act 1972 was last reviewed; and whether he will upgrade this amount.
§ Sir George Young:The case for uprating the mandatory partial disregard of war pensions is kept under constant review, but I have no plans to increase it for the remaining few months of the rent rebate scheme. Local 245W authorities have discretionary powers to give more generous assistance than is provided by the statutory scheme.