§ Mr. PaiceTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how much it would cost to uprate the severe disablement allowance to the full basic invalidity rate at 1990–91 prices.
§ Mr. ScottWe estimate that the gross cost of increasing the basic rate of severe disablement allowance to the basic rate of invalidity pension would be about £250 million a year; the net cost would be about £110 million a year.