HC Deb 08 February 1988 vol 127 c99W
Mr. Cummings

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women in the Seaham and Peterlee area will not receive the recently announced £8 special payment because their pension is paid from their husband's pension book; and if he will take steps to rectify this anomaly.

Mr. Scott

There are no married women whose retirement pensions are paid from their husbands' order books; all have their own order books and are therefore eligible for an £8 special payment.