§ 37. Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the index of the current value of the State retirement pension relative to February 1974.
§ Mr. DeakinsOn the basis of the movement in the General Index of Retail Prices, the single person's retirement pension was worth 11.9 per cent.—£1.41—more in real terms in June 1976, the latest date for which figures are available, than it was in February 1974; and the married couple's retirement pension had improved by 10.6 per cent.—£2.03—over the same period.