§ Mr. Gryllsasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he has completed his review of the allowances payable under his Department's transfer schemes.
§ Mr. R. CarrYes. The following improvements in the Resettlement Transfer Scheme (and where appropriate the Key Workers' Scheme and the Nucleus Labour Force Scheme) will come into effect on 1st April. The limit on earnings above which a worker is ineligible for benefits will be raised from £2,000 to £2,400 per year. The settling-in grant will be increased from £5 to £6. The lodging allowances will go up from £4.20 to £4.55 per week and the maximum payable under the continuing liability allowance will be increased by the same amount. The incidental expenses grant will be increased from £40 to £100 and the maximum assistance payable toward the legal and other costs of buying and 189W selling a house will be increased to £135 where there is either house sale or purchase and to £220 where there is both sale and purchase.