Death Grant

HC Deb 09 April 1976 vol 909 c332W

Mr. Kinnock

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the real value of the death grant at July 1949 prices from 1949 to 1975.

Mr. Meacher

On the basis of the movement in the General Index of Retail Prices, all items, the value of the maximum rate of death grant at constant July 1949 prices is given in the table below:

Year (July)	Maximum rate of death grant	Value at constant July 1949 prices
	£	£
1949	20	20.00
1954	20	15.52
1958 (Jan)*	25	16.92
1959	25	16.78
1964	25	14.49
1967 (Oct)*	30	15.60
1969	30	14.14
1974	30	8.88
1975	30	7.03
*Uprating dates