§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security when he expects to publish his comments on the Social Security Advisory Committee's report on the draft regulations on housing benefit.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe report of the Social Security Advisory Committee on the draft Housing Benefit (General) Amendment No. 3 Regulations 1990 has been 525W received and its contents are currently under consideration. The report and the Government's response will be published in the usual way when the regulations are laid.
§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many families with children in receipt of housing benefit are also receiving family credit, broken down into couples and lone parents.
§ Miss WiddecombeExcluding community charge rebate cases in Scotland, at 31 May 1989 there were an estimated 38,000 couples and 22,000 lone parents receiving both housing benefit and family credit.