§ Ms. EagleTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate what the level of child benefit would be in 1993–94 if it had been fully uprated since 1979 and its structure had remained the same.
§ Mr. BurtThe rate of child benefit in April 1979 was £4 a week for each child. If this level had been uprated annually in line with the retail prices index, and with the normal rounding to the nearest five pence, it would become £9.55 at April 1993.