§ Mr. TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will make it his policy that the compensatory element to be built into the April 1989 income support rates to reflect 20 per cent. of the average community charge will be, in the case of a single person aged 18 to 24 years inclusive, the same as that for a single person aged 25 years or over;
(2) if he will make it his policy that the compensatory element to be built into the April 1989 income support rates to reflect 20 per cent. of the average community charge be paid to a full uprating of the remainder of the income support rates, according to the movement of the retail prices index exclusive of housing costs over the relevant measurement period.
§ Mr. PortilloDecisions regarding the uprating of income support and the compensation for the liability to meet 20 per cent. of the average community charge will be taken in the autumn.