§ Mr. Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will issue instructions to enable current family allowance books to be used after the new 155W rates of family allowances are effective merely by permitting the Post Office to overstamp the new rate, in order to reduce postage and labour costs.
§ Mr. Alec JonesNo. Overstamping these books is the proper responsibility of my Department and is now almost completed. It would not be appropriate for the Post Office to change the rates shown on order books because, for example, of exceptional cases which require special treatment.