§ Mr. Andrew BowdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security whether he will take steps to ensure that information relating to applications for housing benefit transitional protection will be made available, broken down by local authority area.
§ Mr. Peter LloydYes. The computer system at the transitional payments unit has been designed to produce information in the form requested. However, it is currently working at maximum capacity to handle the payments that are being made and to deal with the process of renewing awards of transitional payments. We expect computer time to become available to produce the information requested later this year.