§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is his policy with 523W regard to the payment of home loss compensation under the Land Compensation Act 1973 in cases where the genuine ignorance can be proved of persons who have lost their homes and therefore failed to make application for the home loss payment during the six-month statutory period.
§ Mr. Alec JonesMy right hon. and learned Friend is prepared to consider, on their merits, cases where failure to apply within the statutory period can be explained by exceptional circumstances, but ignorance is not in itself a sufficient justification for waiving the requirements of the law.
§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Wales what calculations he has made of the total number of persons in Wales who have received home loss payments under the Land Compensation Act 1973.
§ Mr. Alec JonesThese payments are made by various types of authority and could not be separately identified without considerable research by those authorities.
§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is his calculation of the number of persons who have lost their homes in circumstances which would have entitled them to home loss payments under the Land Compensation Act 1973 but who failed to make application for the payments within the six-month statutory period.
Year United Kingdom (other than Wales) Europe North America Rest of the World Wales Total number of enquiries 1976 (January-31st October) 208 25 16 4 140 393 1975 270 22 17 6 132 447 1974 557 34 35 9 133 768 1973 691 69 69 26 167 1,022 1972* n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 527 1971* n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 322 *Geographical breakdown is not available prior to 1973.