HL Deb 20 July 1994 vol 557 cc34-5WA
Baroness Hollis of Heigham

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is their estimate of the full year cost of amending the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 to introduce a regulated payment to meet the cost of a prescribed item or items of furniture and household equipment where a person in receipt of any income related benefit has become or is expected to become, within a prescribed period, the tenant of unfurnished or partly furnished accommodation and, at the date of the claim for such payment, does not possess, or owes money in respect of the purchase of, such item or items.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security (Viscount Astor)

The requested estimate cannot be provided as some of the information necessary for its calculation is not available and the rest can only be gathered at disproportionate cost,