§ Mr. BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many claimants received sums for income support for mortgage interest under the deserted partners rule allowing interest on normally ineligible loans to be paid to the remaining partner, in 1994–95 and in each of the five preceeding years;
(2) what was the average expenditure on income support for mortgage interest for each claimant who received a payment of income support for mortgage interest under the deserted partner rule in 1994–95 and in each year of the five preceeding years;
(3) what was the total expenditure on income support for mortgage interest under the deserted partner rule in 1994–95 and in each of the five preceeding years; and what percentage of total expenditure on income support for mortgage interest it represented in each of these years.
§ Mr. Roger EvansThe information collected on income support mortgage interest paid to claimants does not differentiate the amounts paid for otherwise ineligible loans. The information requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.