HC Deb 24 January 1990 vol 165 c700W
79. Mr. Harry Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will seek to repeal regulation 51 of the Housing Benefit (Community Charge Rebates) (Scotland) Regulations 1988 and regulation 52 of the Community Charge Benefits (General) Regulations 1989.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

[holding answer 20 December 1989]A de minimis rule of this kind—50p a week for community charge benefit, as for the current system of rate rebates and other housing benefits—is a sensible feature of all the income-related benefit schemes, and we have no plans to repeal it.