Supplementary Benefits and National Insurance

HC Deb 03 March 1972 vol 832 cc204-5W

Miss Lestor

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the number of instances where the Supplementary Benefits Commission has reviewed a tribunal decision on the grounds that the determination was made in ignorance or was based on a mistake as to some material fact.

Mr. Dean

I regret that this information is not available. I am writing to the hon. Member.

Miss Lestor

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the different rates of supplementary benefits and National Insurance which have been in force since 1948 with the relative dates of changes in the value of benefits.

Mr. Dean

The information requested is contained in full in the Annual Reports of my Department and its predecessors which are available in the Library of the House. Comparisons of the value of benefit rates can be made in different ways and, if the hon. Member will tell me in which comparison she is interested, I will be glad to provide it.