§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what will be the value of the £10 pensioners' bonus compared with what it was at Christmas 1978.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThis information will not be available until the general index of retail prices for December 1980 is published, which will be in mid-January. However, on the basis of the movement in that index between December 1978 and October 1980, the latest date for which a figure is available, the value of this year's £10 Christmas bonus is £7.51, compared with the 1978 bonus.