§ Mr. Alasdair MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if she will estimate the total saving in each of the last 10 years as a result of the state retirement pension being classified as a weekly instead of a daily benefit in(a) Dumfries and Galloway and (b) Scotland. [31593]
§ Mr. DenhamThe information requested is not available.
§ Mr. Alasdair MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what plans she has to reclassify state retirement pension as a daily benefit.[31594]
§ Mr. DenhamRetirement Pension has been paid on a weekly basis since it was introduced in 1948. We have no plans to change the basis for payment, although we have, of course, promised to consider all representations on the future of the basic State pension received as part of the Pensions Review.