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Benefit Claim Forms

Volume 957: debated on Monday 6 November 1978

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asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will study the replacement of the various forms used to claim social security and supplementary benefits by a single multipurpose form from which the benefit to which the claimant is entitled can be determined;(2) if he will study the replacement of the forms used to claim various forms of disablement benefit and allowances by a single multi-purpose form from which the help to which the claimant is entitled can be determined.

I am afraid it would not be feasible for a single claim form to cover the whole range and diversity of supplementary benefits and all the other social security benefits, or even the less extensive though still wide variety of disablement benefits and allowances.