§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report the instructions to local offices concerning cases in which payment of child benefit four-weekly in arrears causes hardship.
§ Mrs. ChalkerNo. It is not the normal practice to publish local office instructions. But the intention is that48W claims for weekly payment of child benefit will be granted provided the payee has tried four-weekly payment and there is no reason to doubt that this is causing hardship.