Married Women's Half-Test (Hansard, 28 January 2003)

HC Deb 28 January 2003 vol 398 c775W 775W

§ Mr. Webb
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps were taken to publicise the abolition of the married women's half-test under the Social Security Act 1975. [91305]

§ Mr. McCartney
[holding answer 16 January 2003]: Affected women were identified by a trawl of the NIRS database and invited to claim. In addition, there was a publicity campaign aimed at finding those women who did not receive an invitation to claim for whatever reason.