HL Deb 22 July 1987 vol 488 c1472WA
Baroness Jeger

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they propose when loans are made from the social fund, to compel repayment by deduction of benefit; and what statutory powers they have so to do.

Lord Skelmersdale

Yes. It is proposed to recover social fund loans by deduction from prescribed benefits using the power in Section 33(6) of the Social Security Act 1986.