HC Deb 14 February 1966 vol 724 c172W
93. Mr. Woof

asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance, in view of the fact that the National Assistance Board gives allowances for coal, to what extent the Board gives allowances to aged people residing in dwellings equipped only with electricity.

Mr. Pentland

Where old people receiving assistance necessarily have to spend more because they have to use electricity instead of coal for heating the National Assistance Board make additions to the allowances. The amount of the addition depends on the extra cost of the heating.

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