§ Mr. WebbTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answers of 3 November 1998,Official Report, column 547, and of 10 December 1997, Official Report, column 603, on age additions, for what reason the means-tested benefit offset resulting from a £5 age addition is estimated to be lower in 1999–2000 than it would have been in 1997–98. [58767]
§ Mr. DenhamThe answers were based on different models (a full suite of models for 1999–2000 is not yet available) and calibrated to different forecasts. Both answers provided the best estimate available at the time.