§ Mr. Charles Morrisonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what estimate he has made of the extra cost of social security payments arising from the introduction of the community charge.
§ Mr. ScottIn the only estimate so far made on this subject, the Green Paper "Paying for Local Government" (Cmnd. 9714, paragraph 5.26) estimated that the full replacement of domestic rates by the community charge would lead to an increase of 4 per cent. in expenditure on housing benefit in Great Britain.