§ Mr. Willie W. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what is the total number of units of Factor VIII currently imported from the United States of
52Wlimits under the housing benefit scheme as announced in the reply to the hon. Member for Bishop Auckland, Official Report, 28 June, c. 446; what time limits he has set, and if he will make a statement.
§ Dr. BoysonWe have extended the provisions of the Housing Benefits (Transitional) Amendment Regulations 1983 to allow those authorities that need it some extra time to complete the take-on of existing supplementary benefit and local authority rebate and allowance cases onto housing benefit. The provisions for existing rebate and allowances cases have been extended until 30 September 1983 and those for supplementary benefit claimants until 31 December 1983.