HC Deb 13 July 1982 vol 27 c382W
Mr. Race

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will place a copy of the test self-assessment form for the claiming of supplementary benefit by the unemployed in the Library.

Mr. Newton

Yes. The pilot exercise has now finished and we shall be considering its results shortly.

71. Mr. Charles R. Morris

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will take steps to abolish the invalidity trap by introducing a rule that a year on invalidity pension will count as a year on supplementary benefit for the purposes of securing entitlement to the long-term rate of supplementary benefit and associated passported benefits.

Mr. Newton

I refer the right hon. Member to the reply given to the right hon. Member for Brent, East (Mr. Freeson) on 2 December 1981 by my hon. Friend the Minister for Social Security—[Vol. 14, c.155]—and to my reply to the hon. Member for Stockport, North (Mr. Bennett) on 15 June 1982—[Vol. 25, c. 252–3].