§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services when, pursuant to his reply given to the right hon. Member for Brentford and Isleworth (Sir B. Hayhoe) on 4 December 1987,Official Report, column 758, he expects to publish the draft community charge rebate regulations; and when he expects to have models to determine the parameters of any poverty traps which would be created.
§ Mr. ScottA substantial part of the first draft of the community charge rebate regulations was sent to local
authorities in Scotland on 23 May, and it is expected that the local authority associations will be consulted formally on the complete draft of the regulations in August. A copy will be placed in the Library at that time.
No detailed information about any poverty trap effects that may be caused by the community charge benefit scheme is available at present. We plan to incorporate information about community charge liability and the community charge benefit scheme, so far as practicable, in the modelling relating to the years when the community charge will be in place.