HC Deb 19 June 1967 vol 748 cc168-9W
Mr. Hamling

asked the Minister of Social Security whether she will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the number of households who have applied for the repayment of Selective Employment Tax in the months February, March, and April 1967, under the regulations for qualified households under the following categories, households including a person over the age of 70 years, households including a person needing domestic or nursing assistance, and households including child and one parent or guardian, respectively, and the number from each category which were referred during this period to the Supplementary Benefits Commission.

Mr. Pentland

The number of households from which claims for refund of Selective Employment Tax were received during the months of February, March and April totalled 24,847, made up as follows:—

Category Number
1. Households including a person over the age of 70 years 21,363
2. Households including a person needing domestic or nursing assistance 2,795
3. Households including a child and one parent or guardian 689
Total 24,847

The responsibility for dealing with all these claims rests with the Supplementary Benefits Commission.