§ Mr. RaynsfordTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is his estimate of the total cost and number of recipients of housing benefit in the current year; and what were the equivalent figures for 1982.
§ Mr. Roger EvansThe information is in the table.
Committee in its first report on the operation of the Child Support Act that if the appeal is decided in favour of the applicant, a reimbursement of the excess paid should be made within five working days and that this should also be part of the citizens charter for the agency; and what plans he has to implement that recommendation.
§ Mr. BurtThe Government did not accept this recommendation. The reasons are set out in the Government's response to the report—CM 2469, published February 1994.