§ Mr. Robert Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his estimate of the full-year cost of providing full benefit to those 400,000 people on retirement or widows' pension who do not receive full benefit because they are deficient in contributions.
§ Mr. DeanThe gross cost would be about £26 million a year, but there would be a consequential reduction of about £9 million in the cost of supplementary benefit.