asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if employed persons will be able to claim rent rebates and rent allowances on the basis of reduced income as a result of the three-day working week; and, if so, what will be the procedure for assessing income.

Any tenant is entitled to apply to the local housing authority for the granting or reassessment of a rent rebate or allowance as a result of a change in his circumstances. Rent rebates and allowances are calculated on an assessment of the tenant's likely income over the period of the rebate or allowance.