§ Mr. Gareth WardellTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) what the community charge liability will be for a person who is having a reduction made in social security benefit in order to repay an overpayment of benefit received under section 53 of the Social Security Act 1986;
(2) what the community charge liability will be for a person disqualified from receiving unemployment benefit under sections 20(1)(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) and sections 20(2)(a) and (b) of the Social Security Act 1975, and ineligible to receive income support under section 22(4)(c)(i) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987;
(3) what the community charge liability will be for a person disqualified from receiving unemployment benefit under sections 20(1)(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) and sections 20(2)(a) and (b) of the Social Security Act 1975.
§ Mr. Peter LloydNone of these reductions or disqualifications will affect the amount of community charge rebate a person receives, and so will not alter the amount of community charge he has to pay. When a person's net income is assessed for the purposes of determining a claim for community charge rebate, his gross income from prescribed benefits will be included, irrespective of any sums that may have been deducted from these benefits. A person who has been awarded income support will be entitled to the maximum community charge rebate of 80 per cent. irrespective of whether he may have been disqualified from unemployment, sickness or invalidity benefit, or may be having a reduction made from any benefit to which he is entitled.