§ Mr. AingerTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what use is made of the pensioners' price index in calculating the annual old age pension increase.
§ Miss WiddecombeRetirement pension is uprated annually in line with the retail prices index (RPI) which is widely accepted as the best indicator of changes in the general price level. Had the single person household pensioners' price index been used to uprate the retirement pension since 1979 instead of the RPI, it would now be worth £6.65 per week less than its current rate.