§ Baroness Jegerasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will ensure that recipients of any help from the Hillsborough Disaster Fund will not suffer deductions from social security payments.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security (Lord Skelmersdale):The majority of social security benefits will not be affected by payments from the Hillsborough Disaster Fund. Until further details of the payments are known, it is not possible to say whether any of the income-related benefits will be affected. Officials have been in touch with the fund's administrators to advise them on the social security rules.