§ Mrs. Wiseasked the Secretary of State for Social Services to what amount of the present £30 death grant would need to be increased in order to equal the value of death grant originally introduced.
§ Mr. OrmeOn the basis of the movement in the General Index of Retail Prices up to January 1978—the latest month for which a figure is available—the present death grant of £30 would need to be increased to £116.78 to represent the value of the original death grant of £20 introduced in 1949. This would cost about £43 million extra a year.