HC Deb 31 March 2004 vol 419 cc1497-8W
Mr. Flook

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the cost of extending the £100 announced in the Budget Statement to pensioners aged 65 years and over; and if he will make a statement. [164953]

Malcolm Wicks

The estimated cost of extending the £100 one-off payment to all households containing a person aged 65 or over is £230 million.

Notes:

  1. 1. Figure is rounded to the nearest £10 million and is given in 2004–05 prices.
  2. 2. Figures exclude cases in residential care or nursing homes.

Source: Estimate based on DWP administrative data and 2002 based population forecasts front the government actuary's department.