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Mr. Wallace
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many (a) claims have been received and (b) payments made in respect of claims for back payments
| Table 1—Single Person | |||||
| Weekly Retirement Pension (RP) | Gross Average Weekly Earnings (GAWE) | Net Average Weekly Earnings (NAWE) | RP as Percentage of GAWE | RP as percentage of NAWE | |
| November 1968 | 4·50 | 23·25 | 17·10 | 19·4 | 26·3 |
| November 1978 | 19·50 | 87·40 | 60·30 | 22·3 | 32·3 |
| November 1979 | 23·30 | 103·60 | 73·20 | 22·5 | 31·8 |
| November 1980 | 27·15 | 118·60 | 82·90 | 22·9 | 32·8 |
| November 1981 | 29·60 | 129·50 | 88·50 | 22·9 | 33·4 |
| November 1982 | 32·85 | 138·40 | 93·80 | 23·7 | 35·0 |
under the additional requirement provisions for supplementary benefit at (i) the Lerwick and (ii) Kirkwall benefit agency offices in the last 12 months.
Miss Widdecombe
The administration of income support is a matter for Mr. Michael Bichard, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member and copies will be placed in the Library and the Public Information Office.