HC Deb 28 April 1980 vol 983 c405W
Mr. Alfred Morris

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services for how much of the period since 1971, when invalidity pension was introduced, it has been payable at a different rate from the retirement pension.

Mrs. Chalker

Since its introduction in 1971, invalidity pension has been paid at the same rate as the basic flat-rate retirement pension, even though the former has not been taxed while the latter has.