§ 58. Mr. D. Jonesasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance whether he will give consideration to permitting an increase in the amount of other income which recipients of parents pensions receive without their parents pension being reduced, thus providing for the increase in the cost of living.
§ The Minister of Pensions and National Insurance (Mr. Osbert Peake)With permission, I shall make a statement at the end of Questions.
§ 61. Lieut.-Colonel Liptonasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance how many dependants' pensions are in issue to the parents of deceased Service men; and what is the average amount of such pensions.
§ Mr. PeakeAbout 48,500 dependants' pensions based on need are in payment to the parents of deceased Service men. The average weekly value of these pensions is 16s. 4d.
§ Lieut.-Colonel LiptonAre we to understand that the average reduction from the 16s. 4d. pension is now 7s. 6d.?
§ Mr. PeakePerhaps the hon. and gallant Gentleman would be good enough to await the statement I am just about to make.
§ Mr. CallaghanIn that statement will the right hon. Gentleman tell us what it would cost him to meet such a concession as is asked for?
§ Mr. CallaghanWill that figure be given in the statement the right hon. Gentleman is to give us?
§ Mr. PeakeI think that perhaps the hon. Gentleman had better see what the concession is before he asks what the cost of it is.