§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Sheffield, Hillsborough (Helen Jackson) of 9 May 2002,Official Report, column 399W on pensioner income, if he will break down the figure given for the increase in the income of the average pensioner household, by the different tax and benefit changes to which he attributes the increase. [58782]
§ Dawn PrimaroloThe average pensioner household will be around £400 per year better off due to the Government's personal tax and benefit changes 663W announced in the latest Budget and Pre Budget Report. The breakdown by the different tax and benefit changes is as follows:
£ Pension Credit 320 Winter Fuel Payments 50 Basic State Pension 35