Age-related Personal Allowances

HC Deb 12 December 1989 vol 163 cc582-3W

Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what are the age-related personal allowances within income support for the April 1989 uprating in current and April 1988 prices.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

The information requested is as follows:

	April 1989 Rates	April 1989 Rates at October 1989 prices	April 1989 Rates at April 1988 prices
	£	£1	£2
Couple:
both under 18	41.60	42.62	39.49
one/both 18 or over	54.8O	56.14	52.03
Dependent children:
under 11	11.75	12.04	11.16
11 to 15	17.35	17.77	16.47
16 to 17	20.80	21.31	19.75
18	27.40	28.07	26.01
Based on the movement in the index of Retail Prices (less housing) between:
1 April 1989 and October 1989 (the latest date for which the index is available).
2 April 1988 and April 1989.