Claimants (Travelling Expenses)

HC Deb 23 March 1982 vol 20 c306W

Mr. Field

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services in what circumstances travelling expenses are paid to single parents to cover the cost of visiting the local office when claiming supplementary benefit.

Mr. Newton

Regulation 29 of the Supplementary Benefit (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1981—SI No. 1525—prescribes the circumstances in which claimants' expenses in travelling to local offices may be met.