§ 3. Mr. HendersonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security whether he will consider giving the full uprating to those still receiving transitional additions to their benefits.
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§ 4. Mr. HoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security whether he will consider giving the full uprating to those still receiving transitional additions to their benefits.
§ 7. Mr. PatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security whether he will consider giving the full uprating to those still receiving transitional additions to their benefits.
§ 19. Mrs. GoldingTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security whether he will consider giving the full uprating to those still receiving transitional additions to their benefits.
§ 44. Mr. Michael J. MartinTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security whether he will consider giving the full uprating to those still receiving transitional additions to their benefits.
§ Mr. MooreI have no plans to do so. However, the House will know that when the additional help that we are giving to pensioners is introduced this autumn it will not affect the amount of transitional protection they are receiving.
§ 40. Mr. O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people in(a) Leeds and (b) Wakefield lost transitional payment benefit from April 1989 for the current year; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter LloydI refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras (Mr. Dobson) on 6 March at column445.
§ 31. Mr. HardyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people last month experienced the termination of transitional payment which they had previously received.
§ Mr. Peter LloydInformation will not be available for housing benefit transitional payments until the final closing date of 30 June 1989 has been reached and all applications have been received, assessed and payments made which are backdated to April 1988. To date, 184 people are no longer receiving transitional payments because their capital has increased to over £8,000 and payments have ceased for 72,234 people whose transitional payments were £2.00 per week or less, although their overall benefit income will have increased at April 1989.
An estimated 610,000 income support claimants ceased to need transitional protection following this year's benefit uprating. These people now receive more benefit income by way of income support than they got through supplementary benefit.