§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security on how many occasions since 1979 a benefit has been reduced in cash terms. [28632]
§ Mr. BurtA comparison of the main benefit rates payable in 1978 and 1996, is made in the 1995–96 departmental report (HMSO, CM3213, March 1996), a copy of which is in the Library. The table (Fig. 20) shows no reduction in the main benefits in cash terms over that period.