§ Mr. Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what he estimates would be the current annual cost of raising to £5,000 the amount of savings disregarded in assessing supplementary benefit.
§ Mr. WhitneySufficient reliable data are not available to enable precise calculations to be made of the cost of raising the supplementary benefit capital disregard but our best estimate of the cost of raising the level to £5,000 is £30 million a year.