§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will arrange for the lump sum payment to pensioners to be extended to spouses where, although the spouse is not of pension age, the medical condition of the pensioner 186W census which fell into the categories of owner-occupied, privately rented, local authority owned, and housing association owned, respectively; and what was the total number of households recorded;
(2) how many households in the borough of Whitehaven were recorded in the 1971 census which fell into the categories of owner-occupied, privately rented, local authority owned, and housing association owned, respectively; and what was the total number of households recorded;
(3) how many households in the Millom rural district were recorded in the 1971 census which fell into the categories of owner-occupied, privately rented, local authority owned, and housing association owned, respectively; and what was the total number of households recorded;
(4) how many households in the White-haven constituency were recorded in the 1971 census which fell into the categories of owner-occupied, privately rented, local authority owned, and housing association owned, respectively; and what was the total number of households recorded.
§ Mr. AlisonThe information collected in the 1971 Census did not distinguish private landlords from housing associations where the accommodation was rented unfurnished. The numbers of households analysed by tenure for the areas mentioned are as follows:—
demands the constant attention of the spouse, thus preventing the latter earning in his or her own right.
§ Sir K. JosephNo. Our overriding aim is to make a special payment as quickly as possible to people over pension age. This inevitably means excluding some who fall just outside the dividing line. In the case the hon. Member has in mind the pensioner himself or herself will qualify for the £10 payment.