§ Mr. AshleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the latest date on which recipients of the following benefits will receive transitional addition(a) 168W invalid care allowance, (b) income support with the disability premium, (c) invalidity benefit, (d) income support with severe disability premium and (e) severe disablement allowance.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardIncome support normal transitional protection reduces as the claimants total benefit income under the new scheme catches up with that under the former supplementary benefit scheme either at the annual uprating or through changes in circumstances. This protection is also lost on breaks in entitlement. The length of time for which individuals will need protection cannot be predicted, but after the annual uprating in April 1990 it is estimated that nearly 95 per cent. of all claimants will not require protection. Special transitional protection does not normally reduce at all; it is uprated annually.