HC Deb 02 July 1990 vol 175 cc455-6W
49. Mr. Ashley

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what has been the real increase in value of the invalidity pension since 1979.

Mr. Scott

The available information is as follows:

£ Per cent.
November 1979 rates in cash 23.30 —
April 1990 rate in cash 46.90 —
Per cent. change in real terms — -3.1
Per cent. change between uprating periods November 1978–79 to April 1989–90 — 5.4

Notes:

(i) The figures relate to basic invalidity pension. In addition a claimant may be entitled to Invalidity Allowance and/or Additional Pension.

(ii) The percentage change between uprating periods is calculated as the percentage change in the average real value of benefits during the uprating periods April 1989 to April 1990, as compared to the period November 1978 to November 1979.