§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the estimated cost of implementing each of the recommendations in the eighth report of the Social Security Advisory Committee regarding young people's benefit entitlements.
§ Mr. BurtOn the recommendation regarding removing the general exclusion of 16 and 17-year-olds from benefit, information about the cost of restoring entitlement to income support is not available.
On the recommendation that young people under 25 living away from home should be paid the full rate of income support, the information is in the table. 224W
Benefit Cost (£ million) Income support 80 Community charge benefit 5 Housing benefit 25 Total 110 Source: Modelled at 1992–93 prices and benefit levels using data drawn from the 1987–88–89 Family Expenditure Surveys. People living away from home have been defined as those who are classified in the Family Expenditure Survey as (a) heads of household or (b) not related to the head of household.