HC Deb 22 October 2002 vol 391 cc206-7W
Mr. Savidge

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if she will make a statement on Government policies designed to raise the living standards of Scottish pensioners. [73576]

Mrs. Liddell

We have introduced the Minimum Income Guarantee for poorer pensioners; Winter Fuel Payments for people aged 60 and over; free TV licences for the over 75s; and will introduce the new pension credit next year. This will mean that no single pensioner need live on less than £100 a week and no pensioner couple on less than £154 a week.

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