Supplementary Benefits (Value)

HC Deb 13 June 1972 vol 838 c253W

Mr. Barnes

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services by how much supplementary benefit rates have risen in real terms since 1960.

Mr. Dean

Between April, 1960, and April, 1972, the value of the basic supplementary benefit scale rate for a single householder increased in real terms by 37.4 per cent. This represents an increase in purchasing power, at April, 1972, prices, of £1.58 a week.