§ Mr. Raceasked 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. NewtonYes. The pilot exercise has now finished and we shall be considering its results shortly.
§ 71. Mr. Charles R. Morrisasked 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. NewtonI 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].