HC Deb 20 July 1964 vol 699 cc12-3W
Mr. Gower

asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance how the real value of the basic rates of war pensions and of the main supplementary

— Present rates of pension or allowance October, 1951 Increase in real terms
Rate payable Equivalent at June, 1964 prices * Amount Per cent.
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
100 per cent. disablement pension 115 0 45 0 67 8 47 4 70.0
Unemployability supplement 74 0 35 0 52 7 21 5 40.7
Unemployability supplement with Comforts allowance (from February, 1957) 84 0 35 0 52 7 31 5 59.7
Constant attendance allowance 50 0 20 0 30 1 19 11 66.3
Constant attendance allowance with Comforts allowance (from February, 1957) 60 0 20 0 30 1 29 11 99.6
Allowance for lowered standard of occupation 46 0 20 0 30 1 15 11 53.0
Widow's pension 90 0 35 0 52 7 37 5 71.1
Widow's pension and elderly widow's grant (from June, 1959) 100 0 35 0 52 7 47 5 90.1
Widow and two children 173 0 57 0 85 8 87 4 101.9
Widow's rent allowance 34 0 15 0 22 7 11 5 50.8
* On the basis of the Retail Prices Index.