§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what savings will have accrued by the end of the fiscal year 1982–83 as a result of the abolition of earnings-related benefits.
§ Mr. RossiTaking account of an offsetting cost on supplementary benefit, it is estimated that the savings from the change in the entitlement formula for earnings-related supplement in January 1981 and its abolition in January 1982 were:
£ million 1980–81 2 1981–82 80 1982–83 270