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Mr. Donald Stewart
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services to what amount the current death grant would need to be increased in order to equal its original value.
Mr. Prentice
Based on the movement in the general index of retail prices up to October 1979, the latest date for which a figure is available, the present death grant would need to be increased to £145 to restore the value it had in 1949 when it was first introduced.