§ Mr. Bestasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report a list of all benefits
November 1979 rates November 1975 rates* Percentage increase £ £ Sickness/unemployment benefit … … 18.50 11.10 67 Invalidity pension … … 23.30 13.30 75 Invalidity allowance: Higher rate … … 4.90 2.80 75 Middle rate … … 3.10 1.70 82 Lower rate … … 1.55 0.85 82 Non-contributory invalidity pension … … 14.00 7.90 77 Maternity benefit … … 18.50 11.10 67 Maternity grant … … 25.00 25.00 Nil Death grant … … 30.00 30.00 Nil Guardians allowance (each child) … … 7.10 6.50 9 Widow's allowance … … 32.60 18.60 75 Widowed mother's allowance (basic) … … 23.30 13.30 75 Widow's pension (basic) … … 23.30 13.30 75 Widow's pension: age-related age 40 … … 6.99 3.99 75 Retirement pension … … 23.30 13.30 75 Old person's pension with age addition … … 14.25 8.15 75 Attendance allowance: Higher rate … … 18.60 10.60 75 Lower rate … … 12.40 7.10 75 Mobility allowance … … 12.00 — — Injury benefit … … 21.25 13.85 53 Industrial disablement benefit 100 per cent. … 38.00 21.80 74 Industrial death benefit: Widow's pension: First 26 weeks … … 32.60 18.60 75 Higher permanent rate … … 23.85 13.85 72 Lower permanent rate … … 6.99 3.99 75 Child benefit (each child) … … 4.00 — — Child benefit increase (first child) … … 2.50 — — Family income supplement: Maximum payment for family with one child 13.50 7.00† 93 Supplementary benefit scale rate: Ordinary … … 18.30 10.90 68 Long-term … … 23.70 13.70 73 War pension (for private): Disablement pension 100 per cent. … … 38.00 21.80 74 Widow's pension … … 30.20 17.20 76 * Social Security Statistics 1977. † July 1975.