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Cold Climate Allowance Bill — a Bill to provide for more equitable heating allowances to reflect the increased costs of domestic heating in colder climates; and for purposes connected therewith
Author(s)	Margaret Ewing, Dafydd Elis Thomas, Ieuan Wyn Jones
Publisher	HMSO, London, 8 November 1988
Pages	3 pp (HC Bill 229 session 1987/88)
Keywords	Winter care ; Fuel prices ; Social security benefits ; Statutes.
Annotation	The Bill had the aim of establishing a special heating benefit to be known as the Cold Climate Allowance. Those eligible to claim would include those in receipt of Income Support, Housing Benefit, Family Credit or Basic State Pensions. The Allowance was to take account of the the severity of climate in different parts of the UK, assessed on long term average annual temperatures, and based on a scheme of variable payments based on the climatic zones specified in the Schedule. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-941125203 P
Classmark	IB: J6:J3P: JH: 6P *
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