§ Dr. Marekasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, further to the answers of 14 May, Official Report, column 72, and 17 May, Official Report, column 249, about repayment of money wrongly deducted from supplementary benefit, why the figure of 335 payments made following a check of current files is higher than for other offices in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
§ Dr. BoysonI regret that the information given in my replies of 14 May, at column72, and 17 May, at columns 247–49, was incorrect. In fact, only two payments in respect of money wrongly deducted from supplementary benefits on grounds of voluntary unemployment deductions were made to claimants as a result of the check of current files; none was made to former claimants following either the advertising campaign in March or the earlier publicity.