§ Mr. Moynihanasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the United Kingdom's relations with Guatemala.
Percentage increase Date* Retirement pension† Pensioners' price index‡ Single Couple One-person household Two-person household November 1970 666.0 656.8 412.3 410.0 July 1974 283.0 283.1 244.8 242.0 November 1979 64.4 64.3 56.2 55.9 November 1983 12.5 12.5 9.4 9.4 * The dates are dates of benefit upratings in the relevant years except for 1970 when no benefit uprating took place. † Increase calculated to November 1985. ‡ The pensioners' price index is produced quarterly. The percentage increase is taken from the relevant quarter in the years listed to the fourth quarter of 1985.