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Mr. George Cunningham
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the public sector pension schemes which provide for a reduction in occupational pension once the beneficiary is receiving State retirement pension.
Mr. Orme
I regret that a comprehensive answer is not readily available. I shall be writing to my hon. Friend.
Mrs. Ann Taylor
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what would be the saving of cutting back unemployment benefit to occupational pensioners if a limit of £30 occupational pension were to be introduced; how many people would he affected; and what would be
| COMPARISON OF REAL(1) AND ACTUAL VALUE OF DEPENDANTS BENEFIT FOR CHILDREN | |||||||
| Family Allowance 2nd and subsequent children | Unemployment/ Sickness Benefit | Supplementary Benefit Average of children's scale rates | |||||
| 1st child(2) | |||||||
| Date | Actual £ | Equivalent value at November 1976 prices £ | Actual £ | Equivalent value at November 1976 prices £ | Actual £ | Equivalent value at November 1976 prices £ | |
| July 1948 | … | 0·25 | 1·33 | 0·375 | 1·99 | 0·525 | 2·79 |
| November 1976 | … | 1·50 | 1·50 | 4·05 | 4·05 | 5·52 | 5·52 |
| (1) Based on the movement in the General Index of Retail Prices (All Items). | |||||||
| (2) Increase of Sickness/Unemployment benefit was payable for the first child only in July 1948. | |||||||
| (3) The value of 7 pints of free welfare milk in 1948 was 2s. 11d. (14½p). In November 1976 it was 66½p for those entitled. | |||||||
| (4) The current value of free school meals is 15p a day. The value in 1948 cannot be given in comparable terms because individual local authorities were then free within limits to fix their own charges for school meals. | |||||||