§ Mr. KidneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will review the levels of capital and income disregards for the benefits for which his Department is responsible [102510]
§ Mr. BayleyWe continue to keep the levels of capital and income disregards in all income-related benefits under review as part of the welfare reform and modernisation programme that the Department is currently undertaking.
§ Mr. KidneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what assessment he (a) has made and (b) intends to carry out of the contribution that a raising of the levels of capital and income disregards for benefits paid out of public funds would make to the Government's policy of reducing poverty. [102512]
§ Mr. BayleyWe outlined our commitment to looking at ways to better reward savers in the Pensions Green Paper with a view to ensuring that the least well-off pensioners share in the rising national prosperity. We will bring forward our proposals later in this Parliament.