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Written question asked by Eric Martlew (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 29 February 1996. It was answered by Andrew Mitchell (Conservative) on Thursday, 29 February 1996 on behalf of the Department of Social Security.


Dept of Social Security

Question
If he will estimate the effect on public revenues in 1996-97 and 1997-98 of reducing the taper for the withdrawal of disability working allowance to (a) 65 per cent., (b) 60 per cent., (c) 55 per cent., and (d) 50 per cent.; and what would be the effect on claimant numbers in each case. - Including figures.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
18109; 272 c729W;272 c706-7W
Session
1995-96
Subjects
Disability working allowance Disqualification Social security benefits
Contains statistics
Yes