§ Mr. McElhoneasked the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to announce the selection of his Department posts to be dispersed to Glasgow.
§ Mr. Hayhoe1,400 MOD posts in the London area have now been identified for planning purposes for dispersal to the St. Enoch site. They are made up as follows: —
of an increase of £1 million in expenditure on rent allowance.
§ Mr. RifkindThe figure cannot be estimated with any precision because the effect of the abolition of phasing of rent increases depends on the level of registered rents, which is not under any control, and on the annual limit to be determined under clause 36. On the best calculation I could make, it appeared that £0.8 million might be needed to provide for increased demand from existing claimants and £0.2 million for new applicants.
The figure of £1 million in the memorandum does not include extra expenditure which may be required in the form of supplementary benefits. I estimate that additional sum tentatively to be of the order of £1.5 million.