HC Deb 24 July 1985 vol 83 cc598-9W
Mr. Squire

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what will be the implications for the interaction between the payment of family credit and housing benefit, with reference to the number of weeks' pay slips on which housing benefit applications will be based.

Mr. Newton

We shall consider the length of the period over which average earnings will normally be estimated for housing benefit once the main structure is settled. The arrangements for family credit will be one of the factors we shall take into account.