§ Mr. McTaggartasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what evidence he has of delays in the receipt of housing benefit in Glasgow; whether he has evidence of hardships caused because of such delays; and if he will take action to assist community associations and others providing for emergency hardship so caused to pensioners and others.
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§ Dr. BoysonThe responsibility for administering the housing benefit scheme rests with individual local authorities. Information on the length of time taken by individual authorities to pay housing benefit is not available centrally.