§ Mr. David Stoddartasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will raise the amounts which wives of persons in receipt of invalidity pensions may earn without the pensioner incurring deductions under the earnings rule.
§ Mr. DeanI would ask the hon. Member to await this year's review of benefit levels. The amount for a wife who lives with her husband was raised from a fixed limit of £3.10 to a tapered rule starting at £9.50 in September 1971, when these pensions first became payable.