HC Deb 26 July 1983 vol 46 cc415-6W
56. Mr. Tom Cox

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he has any plans to change the present conditions needed for a person to qualify for the mobility allowance.

Mr. Newton

No.

Mr. Andrew Bowden

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services at what level the death grant would now have to be if it were to reflect its 1949 level.

Dr. Boyson

In order to restore its 1949 value, when it was £20, the death grant would need to be increased to about £205.

Mr. Andrew Bowden

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services for how many deaths in 1982 a death grant was paid; and what proportion of all deaths this represents.

Dr. Boyson

A total of 597,000 death grants were paid in 1982, but some of these were in respect of deaths occurring before that year. This figure represents about 92.5 per cent. of all deaths in Great Britain in 1982.