HC Deb 26 July 1989 vol 157 cc769-70W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list by each charging authority in Wales the income level at which(a) a single person aged under 25 years,(b) a single person aged over 25 years, (c) a single pensioner, (d) a pensioner couple and (e) a couple with two children, all with no savings, would lose entitlement to a community charge rebate assuming the safety-netted community charge figures for 1989–90 with the latest safety net arrangements.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my hon. Friend the former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State on 15 June at column 531–34 which gave the information requested using the assumption that the full safety net was in operation. The implications for the safety net of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales announcement on 20 July on local government finance in Wales in 1990–91 have yet to be determined.

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