§ 30. Mr. Bowdenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what would be the weekly cash loss for recipients of: (a) the supplementary pension and (b) the single and married retirement pension if benefits and pensions were increased by: (i) ½ per cent., (ii) 1 per cent., (iii) 1½ per cent. and (iv) 3 per cent. less than the rate of inflation at the November 1983 uprating.
§ Mr. RossiMy hon. Friend may find it helpful to have a ready reckoner which can be applied to any percentage change.
Each 1 per cent. change at the November 1983 uprating would result in the following weekly cash differences:
£ Supplementary pension single householder 0.33 Retirement pension single person 0.33 adult dependant 0.20 (married couple 0.53) Note: The difference illustrated by the figures above are derived from the 1982 benefit rates. They would apply generally for each 1 per cent. change at the November 1983 uprating but final rates of benefit would be rounded as usual, generally to 5p.
(£ million cash) 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 (Outturn) (Outturn) (Outturn) Estimated (Outturn) Plan Plan Hospital and Community Health Services 4,779 5,728 7,427 8,282 8,901 9,445 Family Practitioner Services 1,434 1,684 2,116 2,441 2,711 2,935 Central Health and Miscellaneous Services 242 300 375 450 489 535 National Health Service (total) 6,455 7,712 9,917 11,174 12,101 12,914 Note: Figures rounded individually and may not sum to totals.