HC Deb 06 August 1980 vol 990 cc209-10W
Miss Richardson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the sum at which maternity grant would be payable in November 1980 if the sum of £25 at 1969 prices were updated according to official estimates of inflation.

Mrs. Chalker

The grant would have to be increased to £99.50 in November 1980, to restore its 1969 purchasing power of £25.

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