HC Deb 04 July 1956 vol 555 c118W
Mr. H. Hynd

asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if he will give a list of the pensions for which he is responsible, showing their current purchasing power as compared with their purchasing power in 1950.

Miss Pitt

The following table shows in the first two columns the rates now and in 1950 of the main pensions for which my right hon. Friend is responsible, and in the third column the sums which would now be needed to give the purchasing power of the rates in payment in 1950.