§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to the answer given on 21 June,Official Report, column 714, how many people on income support receiving a transitional addition lost entitlement to maximum housing benefit in a similar way in April.
§ Mrs. Gillian Shephard[holding answer 16 July 1990]: The estimated number of claimants so affected is 7,500. But an estimated 96 per cent. of all those floated off maximum housing benefit, some 187,500, gained or were no worse off.