§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish for each benefit and each capital or income limit which was not increased in April 1996 (a) the reasons for not doing so and (b) the current value of each such benefit or limit and the value which would have resulted from increasing it in line with prices and average earnings when he announces the April 1997 uprating since it was (i) last increased or (ii) introduced. [4082]
§ Mr. HealdNo. The announcement of benefit rates from April 1997 will be in a similar format to previous years.