HC Deb 29 July 1997 vol 299 c244W
Mr. Gibb

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how the review of pensioners' incomes will operate; and how much it will cost. [7560]

Mr. Denham

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State to my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow, Pollock (Mr. Davidson) on 17 July,Official Report, columns 239–41.

In keeping with our commitment to manage within current cash targets, the cost of the pensions review will be absorbed within the Department's existing running costs limit.