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Supplementary Benefit (Allowances)

Volume 963: debated on Monday 19 February 1979

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asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will announce the updating of clothing and other allowances coming within the scope of supplementary benefits.

A revised national price list, on which exceptional needs payment for clothing are based, will be issued shortly. The rates of heating and dietary additions were increased last November.