§ Mr. SternTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security by what day of what month he expects all backdated payments of transitional housing benefit to have been made.
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§ Mr. Peter LloydSince all successful applications, whenever they are received, continue to be backdated to April 1988, it is not possible to specify a date by when all backdated payments will have been made. Clearance of applications depends upon the time taken for local authorities to return inquiry forms to the transitional payments unit. Currently 105,000 inquiries are with authorities and as they are returned applications are processed and payments made without delay.