§ Mr. Hordernasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, taking 1 January 1972 as 100, if he will publish an index showing the movement of the level of supplementary benefit against the retail price index in each of the last 10 years and to the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. RossiInformation relating to the uprating dates since September 1971 is given in the following table:
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe number for the years to 31 March 1979 and 31 March 1980 in England were 730,278 and 743,517 respectively. Comparable figures were not collected for the year ending 31 March 1981.