HL Deb 02 June 1992 vol 537 c62WA
Earl Russell

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What would be the cost of extending entitlement to income support at full adult rates to those aged between 18 and 25.

Lord Henley

The estimated cost of increasing the rate of income support for 18 to 24 year-olds to that payable to those aged 25 is £340 million in a full year. This figure includes the consequential increases in housing benefit and community charge benefit.

Source: Modelled using data drawn from the 1987, 1988 and 1989 family expenditure surveys and the department's annual statistical inquiry for 1990, at 1992–93 prices and benefit levels.