HC Deb 01 February 1999 vol 324 cc416-7W
Mr. Pond

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what would be the current value of capital limits if restored to their value at(a) 1988 prices and (b) 1990 prices. [67560]

Angela Eagle

The information is in the table.

Capital limits
Benefit/Capital limit As at April 1988 At April 1998 prices1 As at April 1990 At April 1998 prices As at April 1998
Social Fund Discretionary
Under 60 500 768 500 650 500
Over 60 1,000 1,537 1,000 1,300 1,000
1 At May 1988 prices for the Housing Benefit Upper Limit of £8,000
2 Upper Limit at April 1988
3 Upper Limit at May 1988

Notes:

1.The capital limits have been placed into real terms using the RPI (all items) index, not ROSSI

2. As the question does not relate to uprating, real values have not been rounded