§ 39. Mr. Lewis Stevensasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many pensioners will be affected by the lowering of the qualifying age for receiving automatically the basic rate of heating addition.
§ Dr. BoysonAbout 80,000 recipients of supplementary benefit will gain age-related heating additions at the basic rate as a result of the proposal to give such additions automatically in respect of householders or their partners aged 65 or over.