§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his estimate of the number of tenants, by tenure, who would cease to qualify for a rent rebate allowance, and the savings in expenditure that would be made, if the rent taper were increased to 70 per cent.
§ Mr. PortilloWe estimate that if the rent taper were increased from 65 to 70 per cent. there would be a public expenditure saving of some £50 million; 90,000 local authority tenants would lose their rent rebates and 20,000 private tenants their rent allowances.