§ Mrs. Chalkerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will list the disablement benefits administered by his Department and indicate in each case which are taxable and which are non-taxable.
§ Mr. Alfred MorrisThe benefits for impairment or for handicap, including short-term or long-term incapacity for work, administered by my Department are listed below. Increases for wives and/or children are payable with some 113W of the benefits, and these are not shown separately.
- Attendance allowance
- Mobility allowance
- Sickness benefit
- Invalidity benefit
- Non-contributory invalidity pension
- Industrial injury benefit
- Industrial disablement benefit
- Increases paid with industrial disablement benefit:
- Special hardship allowance
- Hospital treatment allowance
- Constant attendance allowance
- Exceptionally severe disablement allowance
- Unemployability supplement
- Allowances under the Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit Scheme
- Allowances under the Workmen's Compensation (Supplementation) Scheme
- War disablement pension
- Increases paid with war disablement pension:
- Allowance for lowered standard of occupation
- Additional treatment allowance
- Constant attendance allowance
- Severe disablement occupational allowance
- Exceptionally severe disablement allowance
- Unemployability supplement
- Age allowance
- Clothing allowance
- Comforts allowance
- Education allowance
In addition disabled persons may be entitled to supplementary benefits which would be calculated in the light of any special needs and, in the case of the blind, assessed on the basis of a preferential scale of requirements. Supplementary benefit is not taxable.