§ Mr. Bowdenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if, further to his reply to the hon. Member for Hove (Mr. Sainsbury), Official Report, 30 November, c. 122, he will estimate the gross and net costs of abolishing the earnings rule for retirement pensioners.
§ Mr. NewtonI refer my hon. Friend to my hon. Friend's reply to the hon. Member for Pontypridd (Mr. John) on 30 July 1982.—[Vol. 28, c.862–3].
§ Mr. Bowdenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will estimate how many retirement pensioners are subject to an earnings rule in practice; and what assumptions are made about the numbers who would defer retirement in calculating the cost of abolishing the rule altogether.
§ Mr. NewtonI refer my hon. Friend to the replies which my hon. Friend gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Hove (Mr. Sainsbury) on 9 December 1982.—[Vol. 33, c.585]—and to the hon. Member for Pontypridd (Mr. John) on 30 July 1982—[Vol. 28, c. 862–3].
§ Mr. Bowdenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what estimates of increased income tax receipts are made in calculating the costs of abolishing the earnings rule for retirement pensioners.
§ Mr. NewtonOn the assumptions set out in my hon. Friend's reply to the hon. Member for Pontypridd (Mr. John) of 30 July—[Vol. 28, c.862–3]—it is estimated that there would be an increased income tax revenue of about £65 million.