§ Mr. RuaneTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the changes made to the level of war pensions in each of the last 20 years; and what was the cost or saving to public funds of each change. [137836]
§ Mr. BayleyThe information is in the tables.
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The weekly rates of the maximum basic war disablement pension and the weekly rates of standard war widow's pension over the last 20 years £ Uprating month and year War disablement pension 1 War widows pension 2 November 1980 44.30 35.30 November 1981 48.30 38.45 November 1982 53.60 42.70 November 1983 55.60 44.25 November 1984 58.40 46.55 November 1985 62.50 49.80 July 1986 63.20 50.30 April 1987 64.50 51.35 April 1988 67.20 53.50 April 1989 71.20 56.65 April 1990 76.60 60.95 April 1991 84.90 67.60 April 1992 89.00 70.35 April 1993 97.20 72.90 April 1994 98.90 74.70 April 1995 101.10 76.35 April 1996 105.00 79.35 April 1997 107.20 81.00 April 1998 111.10 83.90 April 1999 114.70 86.60 April 2000 116.00 87.55 1 Rate for those 100 per cent, service disabled 2 Rate for widow of a private
Estimated expenditure resulting from uprating war pensions £ million From To Estimated increase in full year November 1980 November 1981 69 November 1981 November 1982 46 November 1982 November 1983 52 November 1983 November 1984 18 November 1984 November 1985 28 November 1985 November 1986 37 July 1986 April 1987 6 April 1987 April 1988 12 April 1988 April 1989 23 April 1989 April 1990 34 April 1990 April 1991 48 April 1991 April 1992 48 April 1992 April 1993 48 April 1993 April 1994 38 April 1994 April 1995 27 April 1995 April 1996 26 April 1996 April 1997 47 April 1997 April 1998 26 April 1998 April 1999 48 April 1999 April 2000 37