§ Lord ABERDAREasked Her Majesty's Government:
What would be the cost of raising the dependent relatives allowance to a single rate of £300 and what would be the further additional cost if the allowance was paid in full regardless of the income of the dependent relative.
§ Lord JACQUESThe estimated cost for 1975–76 is about £60 million. The 693WA additional cost if the increased dependent relative allowance were not to be reduced according to the dependent's income cannot be properly estimated; if it applied only to those cases where there is at present partial loss of the allowance, the cost would be about £10 million.