§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list all forms of benefit that can be obtained through his Department stating for each benefit(a) when it was first introduced and (b) if it was an entirely new benefit or superseded an earlier payment.
§ Mr. HagueThe information is in the table.
Year introduced Benefit/s replaced Retirement pension 1948–49 Christmas bonus—contributory 1973–74 New Widows benefit 1948–49 Unemployment benefit 1948–49 Sickness benefit 1948–49 Invalidity benefit 1971–72 New Industrial disablement benefit 1948–49 Industrial death benefit 1948–49 Other industrial injuries benefits 1948–49 Existed prior to 1948–49. Maternity allowance 1948–49 Guardians allowance 1948–49 Non-contributory retirement pension 1970–71 New Christmas bonus—non-contributory 1973–74 New War pension 1948–49 Introduced in 1914–15. Attendance allowance 1971–72 New Invalid care allowance 1976–77 New Severe disablement allowance 1984–85 Replaced non—contributory invalidity pensions. Disability living allowance 1992–93 Replaced and extended mobility allowance as well as attendance allowance to the under 65s. Disability working allowance 1992–93 New Income support 1988–89 Replaced supplementary benefit, which in turn replaced national assistance and non contributory old age pension in 1968–69. Child benefit 1977–78 Replaced family allowance. One parent benefit 1981–82 Replaced child benefit increase. Family credit 1988–89 Replaced family income supplement.