§ Mr. Pardoeasked the Minister of Social Security what is the level of the supplementary pension plus the average allowance for rent; how much higher this is than the basic pension; and what were the comparable figures in 1964.
§ Mr. PentlandFigures cannot be provided in the exact form requested, but the supplementary pension scale rate plus the long-term addition for a married couple is now £7 10s. and for a single householder £4 15s., compared with retirement pension rates of £7 6s. and £4 10s. The average net rents paid by two-person and one-person households receiving supplementary benefit in November, 1967, were £1 15s. 5d. and £1 11s. respectively. Comparable figures for 1964 were as follows
£5 4s. 6d. and £3 3s. 6. (National Assistance scale rates).£5 9s. 0d. and £3 7s. 6d. (Retirement pension rates).£1 10s. 6d. and £1 6s. 5d. (average net rents).