HC Deb 11 February 1999 vol 325 cc378-9W
Mr. Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what definition of average earnings will be used with respect to the commitment to uprate the minimum income guarantee in line with average earnings. [67759]

Mr. Timms

The Minimum Income Guarantee will be increased year by year as resources allow. Our aim is that over the longer term, it should rise in line with earnings so that all pensioners can share in the rising prosperity of the nation. To do this we intend to monitor the movement on average earnings across the whole economy.

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