§ Mr. Murphyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what representations he has recently received from pensioners and pension organisations regarding the effect of revised tapers to housing benefits.
§ Mr. WhitneySince 1 January the Department has received a number of letters from pensioners and pension organisations about the social security changes introduced in November. Some of these were about changes in housing benefit but only a very few specifically mentioned the revised tapers to housing benefits.