HC Deb 20 January 1982 vol 16 c138W
Mr. Pawsey

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what would be the cost of extending the higher rate of supplementary benefit to the unemployed who have been in receipt of supplementary benefit for (a) over two years and (b) over one year.

Mrs.. Chalker

About(a) £130 million and (b) £210 million on November 1981 benefit rates. The estimate is based on the estimated average number of beneficiaries in 1981–82.