§ Mrs. MahonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security where after 9 October, the shortfall between a woman and two children being entitled to £80.40 board and lodgings and the new £61.75 income support will come from; and whether there will be any conditions attached to any shortfall money given.
§ Mr. Peter LloydFrom October 1989 people living in hostels, in common with the majority of households, will be eligible for housing benefit to help with their accommodation costs and normal income support to help with other necessities. Claimants living in hostels at the time of the change who would otherwise suffer a drop in their disposable income, after the full hostel charge has been met, will receive special payments from the Department. These payments will continue for as long as the claimant continues to live at the same hostel. They will be reduced only as normal income support rates increase.