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Mr. Ralph Howell
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his estimate of the extra number of people who will become entitled to rent and rate rebates, as a result of the new £5 earnings disregard.
Mr. Stanley
Estimates of the numbers who will become eligible for rent rebates, rent allowances and rate rebates as a result of the new £5 earnings disregard are necessarily subject to a wide margin of error. It is, however, possible that the numbers in question could be as follows:
| Rent rebates | 90,000 |
| Rent allowances (unfurnished sector) | 14,000 |
| Rate rebates | 270,000 |