§ 66. Mr. George Jegerasked the Minister of Social Security whether she is aware that many pensioners have suffered a reduction in their supplementary allowance at the same time as their pensions have been increased; and whether she will take the necessary action to ensure that they receive the full benefit of the increased pension.
§ Mrs. HartSupplementary Pensions are designed to bring other resources up to the level guaranteed by the Ministry of Social Security Act. The guaranteed income level was increased in November of last year, though national insurance retirement pensions stood still at that time. Taking last November's increase and the recent one together, the increases in supplementary pension are virtually46W the same as the single recent increase in retirement pension. The only difference is that supplementary pensioners have had about half of the total increase for nearly a year longer than retirement pensioners who have no supplementary pension.