HC Deb 25 April 1988 vol 132 c33W
Mrs. Ann Winterton

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what would be the cost of raising the disregard threshold of housing benefit from £6,000 to £10,000.

Mr. Portillo

Of the order of £60 million, based on the assumptions contained in the question from my hon. Friend the Member for Hendon, South (Mr. Marshall) on 18 April 1988 at column341–42.