§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish a table showing in terms of 1980 money values the sum payable by way of death grant for each year since 1949.
§ Mr. PrenticeThe information is as follows:
Rate of death grant Expressed at February 1980 prices* July 1949 20.00 153.34 February 1950 20.00 151.99 February 1951 20.00 145.28 February 1952 20.00 129.72 February 1953 20.00 124.03 February 1954 20.00 122.96 February 1955 20.00 117.83 February 1956 20.00 112.15 February 1957 20.00 107.52 January 1958 25.00 129.66 February 1958 25.00 130.29 February 1959 25.00 127.09 February 1960 25.00 127.54 February 1961 25.00 124.82 February 1962 25.00 11918 February 1963 25.00 115.16 February 1964 25.00 113.84 February 1965 25.00 108.95 February 1966 25.00 104.27 February 1967 25.00 100.58 October 1967 30.00 119.60 February 1968 30.00 117.16 February 1969 30.00 110.30 February 1970 30.00 105.11 February 1971 30.00 98.86 February 1972 30.00 89.58 February 1973 30.00 83.03 February 1974 30.00 73.39 February 1975 30.00 61.23 February 1976 30.00 49.83 February 1977 30.00 42.87 February 1978 30.00 39.16 February 1979 30.00 35.73 February 1980 30.00 30.00 * Based on the movement of the General Index of Retail Prices for February 1980, the latest available figure.