HC Deb 14 December 1972 vol 848 cc202-3W
Mr. Meacher

asked 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. Dean

I 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