§ Dr. Edmund Marshallasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will determine, under article 7(1)(b)(ii) of the Supplementary Benefit (Determination of Questions) Regulations 1980, that, in the particular circumstances of an increase in rent or rates payable weekly by a tenant who is in receipt of supplementary benefit, the level of benefit be increased in the benefit week beginning prior to the date of the rent or rates increase.
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§ Mrs. ChalkerNo. It is for the supplementary benefit officer to determine when a change of circumstances arising from an increase of rent or rates shall take effect. Under the Supplementary Benefit (Determination of Questions) Regulations 7(1)(b)(ii), upon which he will rely, a change in supplementary benefit will take effect from the first day in the benefit week beginning in the calendar week in which it occurs.
This is a continuation of policy which existed before 24 November 1980.