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Written question asked by Paul Flynn (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 7 November 1995. It was answered by Andrew Mitchell (Conservative) on Tuesday, 7 November 1995 on behalf of the Department of Social Security.


Dept of Social Security

Question
By how much the combined value of child benefit and child dependency increases would have to be raised in April 1996, in cash and percentage terms to restore them to their November 1979 values relative to prices and average earnings for (a) war widows and (b) other widows. - Table given.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
41640; 265 c837W;265 c836-7W
Session
1994-95
Subjects
Children Child benefit Bereavement benefits Social security benefits War widow(er)s Widowed people Uprating
Contains statistics
Yes