§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what the level of the Christmas bonus would have been in 1992 if it had been increased annually at(a) the rate of increase in prices and (b) the rate of increase in earnings.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe Christmas bonus, which is paid regardless of need and which no Government have increased, would now be worth £62.30 had it been increased annually since 1972 in line with prices; £87.90 had it been increased annually in line with average earnings.