Widow's Payment (Hansard, 10 January 1995)

HC Deb 10 January 1995 vol 252 cc56-7W 56W

§ Mr. Flynn
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will make a statement on the future uprating of the £1,000 widow's payment.
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§ Mr. Arbuthnot
The level of the lump sum widow's payment has remained at £1,000 since its introduction in 1988. We have no plans to increase it.