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(iv) The Government could further assist in
getting this scheme off the ground by making available an initial pump-priming payment, and could also provide low interest loans to meet any temporary funding difficulties. Tax incentives to encourage participation in the scheme could be considered (e.g. exempting the lump sum death and retire- ment benefits from tax and allowing employers' contribution to be deductable from profits tax). But no view can be taken on whether they should be offered at this time.
Financial implications
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The additional annual costs over the next five years of the various proposals outlined in this memorandum are set out below. They take into account the proposed time-table for the phasing in of the programme of developments as outlined in paragraph 39 (exclud- ing the sickness injury and death benefit scheme) and are expressed in constant prices. In view of the uncertain nature of take-up it must be emphasised that these are order of magnitude costs. An element has been included for administrative costs.
(a) Public Assistance Scheme
1978/79 1979/80 1980/81 1981/82 1982/83
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m
(in 1977 prices)
14,50
14.50
14.50 14.50
14.50
term cases (paragraph 17)
(i)
supplementary
allowance for long
(ii) disregard of earn-
(iii) old age supplement
(paragraph 20)
(iv) appeal tribunal and
ings (paragraph 19)
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
34.00*
31.00
35.00
38.00
40.00
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
•
0.25
fraud specialists (para- graph 14(b) and (c))
(b) Community Care Allowance Scheme
(i)
Extension to residen- tial institutional accom- modation (paragraph 24)
5.00 5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
(ii) extension of old age
allowance (paragraph 24) (iii) incapacity allowance (paragraph 28)
Total $m:
CONFIDENTIAL
5.00 42.00
63.00 77.00
81.00
9.00
16,00 23.00
36.00
59.00 102.00 134.00 158.00
177.00
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