§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the maximum weekly additional pension payable in each year since 1979–80 to a widow whose husband had died in the same year.
§ Mr. HagueThe information is in the table.
Year of death Notional1 maximum additional pension (£) 1979–80 1.54 1980–81 3.45 1981–82 5.86 1982–83 9.59 1983–84 12.40 1984–85 16.21 1985–86 20.87 1986–87 24.03 1987–88 29.11 1988–89 34.75 1989–90 41.34 1990–91 49.74 1991–92 57.10 1992–93 66.97 1993–94 76.04 1994–95 84.61 1Based on the amount of additional pension payable where a contributor has paid contributions of 53 x the upper earnings limit in each relevant tax year since 1978.