HC Deb 23 March 1998 vol 309 c61W
33. Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if she will estimate the value of the basic single pension per week had its value been increased by the level of earnings since 1980. [34076]

Mr. Denham

The estimated value of the basic State pension for a single person would be £86 per week if its value had been increased by the higher of earnings or prices since 1980. From April it would have increased to £89.60.