§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the estimated annual cost of increasing the death grant to the level corresponding in real terms to that at which it was first intended.
§ Mr. RossiThe grant would need to be increased to £190 to represent the value it had when it was introduced in 1949. The estimated annual benefit cost of increasing the standard rate to that level and other rates pro rata would be about £92 million.
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