§ Mr. LewisTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what the estimated current cash value would be of the earnings-related supplement awarded to unemployed people at the time of its abolition in 1981, using the growth in earnings since 1981 as the uprating factor.
§ Mr. JackUsing the latest average weekly rate of earnings-related supplement—November 1980—and uprating by the growth in earnings between April 1981 and April 1991, the value would be £9.80 a week.
Source:
The earnings index used is the New Series Index (Whole Economy) Seasonally Adjusted.