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Written question asked by Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 4 December 1995. It was answered by Roger Evans (Conservative) on Monday, 4 December 1995 on behalf of the Department of Social Security.


Dept of Social Security

Question
What extra public expenditure he estimates would be entailed in implementing a full nationwide disregard of war widows and war disablement pensions for the purposes of (a) council tax benefit and (b) housing benefit. - Information required to make such an estimate is not available.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
1662; 268 c88W
Session
1995-96
Subjects
Council tax benefits Housing benefit Expenditure Pensions War pensions War widow(er)s
Contains statistics
Yes