HC Deb 14 March 1973 vol 852 cc369-70W
Mr. Bishop

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the practice of his Department in administrative matters, regarding the definition of the term "head of the household" or an equivalent term; and what benefits or allowances are available when the requirements of that status are met.

Mr. Lane

A United Kingdom passport holder subject to immigration control has to be a "head of household" to obtain a special voucher for settlement in the United Kingdom; dependants are then also admissible. The expression means the head of a family or, where appropriate, a single man or woman.

The householder has a duty under the Representation of the People Regulations to supply information as to others in the household, in the annual canvass for the register of electors. For this purpose the term means the occupier of the premises.