§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 19 November, to the hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr. Wallace)Official Report, columns 367–68, on the subject of the Christmas bonus, what are the differences in calculation resulting in different figures in his answer and in a letter to the hon. Member for Lewisham, Deptford from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Maidstone (Miss Widdecoombe), dated 23 November.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe figures quoted in my reply of 19 November to the hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr. Wallace) at columns367–68, reflected the level of the Christmas bonus if it had been increased annually in line with prices since 1974. The figures given in my letter to the hon. Member for Lewisham, Deptford reflected the level if the bonus had been increased annually in line with prices since 1972.