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Written question asked by Harry Cohen (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 1 December 1994. It was answered by Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom (Conservative) on Thursday, 1 December 1994 on behalf of the Department of Social Security.


Dept of Social Security

Question
What savings he expects from the scheme involving the cross matching of council tax and housing benefits data obtained from London local authorities with data held by his Department; and what estimate he has made of the number of (a) records to be matched, (b) mismatches and (c) withdrawn applications for benefits; and if he will place in the Library the background reports on the implementation of the scheme.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
250 c883W
Session
1994-95
Subjects
Council tax benefits Databases Council tax Department of Social Security Housing benefit Greater London Personal records
Contains statistics
Yes