§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate the effect on revenues in 1994–95 and 1993–94 of increasing the taper for the withdrawal of housing benefit to(a) 70 per cent., (b) 75 per cent. and (c) 80 per cent.
§ Mr. BurtThe information requested for 1993–94 is in the table. Estimates of the effect on revenues at 1994–95 benefit levels and prices are not yet available.
Housing benefit taper Per cent. Total saving £ 70 130 75 240 80 340 Source: Estimates based on the 1989–90–91 family expenditure surveys, uprated to 1993–94 benefit levels and prices, rounded to the nearest £5 million.