Support for Mortgage Interest

(asked on 14th November 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 October 2018 to Question 174049, (a) what data is available on the number of people in receipt of Support for Mortgage Interest before April 2018 that continue to receive that benefit and (b) how her Department defines the term vulnerable in relation to that support.


Answered by
Justin Tomlinson Portrait
Justin Tomlinson
This question was answered on 19th November 2018

Data on the number of people in receipt of Support for Mortgage Interest before April 2018 that continue to receive that benefit is not available.

For the purposes of Support for Mortgage Interest a vulnerable claimant is defined as a claimant who lacks the mental capacity to make a financial decision about whether or not to take the SMI Loan.

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