HC Deb 21 January 1983 vol 35 cc244-5W
Mr. Field

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether it is the practice of his Department, on discovering that a supplementary benefit claimant should have been receiving an additional requirement, to pay the amount of the additional requirement from (a) the date on which the facts giving rise to the additional requirement arose or (b) the date on which those facts are brought to the Department's attention.

Mr. Newton

When new facts come to light which show that there is entitlement to an additional requirement, arrears are payable for a period of up to 52 weeks before the new facts come to light if the conditions of entitlement were satisfied during that period.

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