§ Dr. McDonaldasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the loss of revenue if those pensioners now in receipt of the state earnings-related pension received the basic state pension alone, in 1985–86 and 1986–87.
§ Mr. Moore[pursuant to his reply, 7 May 1985, c. 367]: Estimates of expenditure on the earnings-related component of the state earnings-related pension scheme were given on 7 May by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Security, at column 339. The amount of income tax due on these amounts would depend on the size of the individual payments and on the other taxable income of the recipients. I regret that data are not available on which to base a satisfactory estimate.