HC Deb 03 May 1976 vol 910 cc275-6W
Mr. Rooker

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the current purchasing power of the death grant compared with the date when it was fixed.

Mr. Orme

£12.43, on the basis of the movement of the Retail Price Index between October 1967, when death grant was raised to the present figure of £30, and March of this year.