§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will take steps to enable offices of his Department to use the information provided under the income support scheme to identify which claimants are eligible for cold weather payments and to remove the necessity for claimants to make separate claims for such payments; and if he will give an estimate of the likely effect of such action on the level of take-up.
§ Mr. Peter LloydNo. It would not be possible to identify income support beneficiaries eligible for cold weather payments and thereby remove the need for separate claims to be made unless the same capital limit were to be applied for both purposes.