Some 140,000 claims are currently in the processof being clerically assessed and 70,000 claims are determined and awaiting payment, which is due to be made in the first two weeks of this month. Some 20,000 claims are currently being processed. Some people aged between 60 and 64, including hon. Members, may choose not to claim, but may then change their mind. It is a simple as that.
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Column 13 vine, and in future people would not be able to tell what had happened to it. The Government should be congratulated on the increase in the winter fuel allowance. No, but the cost of fuel is already covered in the benefits, as the hon. He is not living in the real world if he believes that he could confine an extension of the winter fuel allowance to selected, targeted groups of disabled people. Minimum Income Guarantee 8.