§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if, to mark the International Year of Disabled People, he will seek to uprate the discretionary payments for those on supplementary benefit for bedclothes.
§ Mr. RossiThese payments are normally increased annually, were last increased in November 1980, and can be expected to be increased in November of this year.
§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if, to mark the International Year of Disabled People, he will seek to uprate discretionary payments for those on supplementay benefit for furniture and household equipment.
§ Mr. RossiLump sum payments of supplementary benefit for furniture and household equipment are not fixed amounts; they are whatever sum is needed to purchase items of reasonable quality.