Housing and Council Tax Benefit

HC Deb 01 April 1996 vol 275 cc74-5W

Mr. Robert Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what plans he has to redesign or modify the procedure or forms which new income support claimants are given by the Benefits Agency to claims housing and council tax benefit. [22598]

Mr. Roger Evans

The content and design of the housing benefit and council tax benefit claim forms provided by the Benefits Agency are reviewed annually by the Department in consultation with the local authority associations and the Benefits Agency. A review is under way to identify the changes required in preparation for the implementation of jobseeker's allowance in October. Housing benefit and council tax benefit claims procedures are monitored continually.