Support for Mortgage Interest
(asked on 8th February 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has undertaken an equality impact assessment of the planned changes to Support for Mortgage Interest; how many SMI claimants are (a) pensioners and (b) disabled people; and if she will make a statement.
This question was answered on 20th February 2018
As part of the Impact Assessment for the conversion of Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) from a benefit to a loan, the Department published the findings of its Equality Analysis:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2017/117/pdfs/ukia_20170117_en.pdf
This contains information on pensioners and disabled people in receipt of SMI.