§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether the chief adjudication officer has now ruled that supplementary heating allowances will be paid in Scotland.
§ Mr. WhitneyI understand that the chief adjudication officer has decided not to advise local adjudication officers that the exceptionally severe weather condition in the regulations was satisfied in the week ending 26 January in any part of Great Britain. This decision was based on the criteria published in paragraphs 7426–7459 and appendix 19 of the S Manual (a copy of which is in the Library), which he applied using temperature data for that week from the Meteorological Office.