§ Mr. McTaggartasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report the average weekly rate of supplementary benefit for a family consisting of husband, wife and two children for each year since 1975.
§ Mr. NewtonI would refer the hon. Member to the "Abstract of Statistics for index of retail prices, average earnings, social security benefits and contributions", published in June 1982, a copy of which is in the Library. This shows, in table 6.4A, the weekly rate of supplementary benefit for a family of husband, wife and two children under 5, including an average rent addition, for each uprating date. The revised amount for November 1981 is £72.26; the equivalent figure for November 1982 is provisionally £80.55.