HC Deb 06 May 1976 vol 910 cc436-7W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list those grants and benefits that have not been increased in the last year.

Mr. Deakins

The following benefits were not increased in the financial year 1975–76Age Addition (payable with retirement pension to people of 80 or over). Maternity Grant. Death Grant. Industrial Death Benefits (for dependants of the deceased other than widows, widowers and children). Death Benefit under the Pneumoconiosis Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit Scheme. Basic Allowance under the Workmen's Compensation (Supplementation) Scheme.