§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will specify the average effect of the proposed tax credit scheme on the income of retirement pensioners who are, respectively, in receipt of a supplementary pension, and receiving a retirement pension plus, respectively, £0.01–£1.99, £2–0.99, £4–£5.99, £6–£7.99, and £8 or more, giving the information separately for single persons and married couples, and specifying the number of households in each income category, both single and married.
§ Mr. DeanI regret that information in the form requested is not available. For a single retirement pensioner with standard
Date Rule Reapplied Office LONDON NORTH REGION 19th October 1972 … … Bedford, Hertford, Luton, St. Albans, Stevenage, Watford. LONDON SOUTH REGION 5th May 1972 … … Bognor, Brighton (2 offices), Bromley, Crawley, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Guildford, Hove, Kingston, Lewes, Morden, Orpington, Redhill, Surbiton, Sutton, Thornton Heath, Wimbledon, Woking, Worthing. 10th July 1972 … … Battersea, Dover, Eastbourne, Folkestone, Hastings, Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells, Wandsworth. LONDON WEST REGION 10th April 1972 … … Aldershot, Harlesden, Hounslow, Twickenham. 19th April 1972 … … Newport Pagnell, Reading, Slough, Uxbridge, Wembley. 24th April 1972 … … Southall. 1st May 1972 … … Fareham, High Wycombe, Newbury. 8th May 1972 … … Harrow. 31st May 1972 … … Bournemouth. 12th June 1972 … … Portsmouth. 26th June 1972 … … Oxford. 10th July 1972 … … Acton, Chelsea, Ealing, Hampstead, Holborn-Finsbury, Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea North, Paddington, St. Marylebone, St. Pancras, Westminster. 19th October 1972 … … Aylesbury, Banbury, Basingstoke, Havant, Newport (I.O.W.), Southampton (2 offices), Winchester. SOUTH WESTERN REGION 12th May 1972 … … Bridgwater, Exeter (excluding Okehampton Employment Exchange Area), Gloucester, Poole, Salisbury, Stroud, Swindon, Taunton. Trowbridge, Weston-super-Mare, Yeovil. 16th June 1972 … … Bath. 20th July 1972 … … Bristol (4 offices). 31st July 1972 … … Cheltenham. … … … WEST MIDLANDS REGION 8th May 1972 … … Kidderminster. 16th May 1972 … … Dudley. 22nd May 1972 … … Brierley Hill, Hereford. 24th May 1972 … … Worcester. 10th July 1972 … … Redditch, Wolverhampton (2 offices). 17th July 1972 … … Newcastle (Staffs.). 1st August 1972 … … Stoke-on-Trent (2 offices). 7th August 1972 … … West Bromwich, Smethwick