§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many pensioners in Scotland (a) householders and (b) non-householders lost entitlement to supplementary benefit because of the increase in pension levels from 26 November 1984.
§ Mr. WhitneyI regret the information is not available. It is estimated that overall some 20,000 pensioners in462W Great Britain ceased to be entitled to supplementary benefit because retirement pensions were increased by a slightly greater percentage than supplementary pensions in November 1984.