HC Deb 28 April 1983 vol 41 c396W
Mr. McTaggart

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report the average weekly rate of supplementary benefit for a family consisting of husband, wife and two children for each year since 1975.

Mr. Newton

I would refer the hon. Member to the "Abstract of Statistics for index of retail prices, average earnings, social security benefits and contributions", published in June 1982, a copy of which is in the Library. This shows, in table 6.4A, the weekly rate of supplementary benefit for a family of husband, wife and two children under 5, including an average rent addition, for each uprating date. The revised amount for November 1981 is £72.26; the equivalent figure for November 1982 is provisionally £80.55.