§ Mr. Bowdenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what would be the cost of uprating the national insurance death grant to its 1949 value.
§ Mr. PrenticeBased on the movement of the general index of retail prices up to May 1980, the latest month for which a figure is available, the present £30 death grant would need to be increased to over £160 to restore the value the death grant had in 1949, when it was £20. This would cost about £69½ million a year extra.