Widows' Pensions And Allowances Mr. Hall-Davis asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what, on the basis of the proposals in Command Paper No. 5713, "Better Pensions", would be------------------ | | | | | | | | | ------------------ | | | | | | | | | ------------------ |30|…|…|…|…|…|…|…| ------------------ |40|…|…|…|…|…|…|…| ------------------ |50|…|…|…|…|…|…|…| ------------------ |59|…|…|…|…|…|…|…| ------------------ ----------------- | | | | | | | | | ----------------- | | | | | | | | | ----------------- |1|…|…|…|…|…|…|…| ----------------- |2|…|…|…|…|…|…|…| ----------------- |3|…|…|…|…|…|…|…| ----------------- |4|…|…|…|…|…|…|…| ----------------- The question of benefit payable on the widow's own earnings would not arise until she reached pensionable age at 60. If the woman widowed at 59 attained her 60th birthday in the same tax year as her husband died her pension would then rise by 50p in 1980, £1·50 in 1984, or £2·75 in 1989.The amounts shown are expressed in terms of a "basic component" of £10.------------ | | | | | | ------------ | | | | | | ------------ |30|…|…|…|…| ------------ |40|…|…|…|…| ------------ |50|…|…|…|…| ------------ |59|…|…|…|…| ------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Benefit rates will be increased as from the beginning of April.| ----------------------------------------------------------------- the pension in 1974 terms received by a widow after six months of widowhood earning £30 a week, a husband earning £50 a week, a wife having paid full contributions not contracted out since April 1978, a husband having contributed since leaving school in the event of her husband's death in 1980, 1984, 1989, a widow at the date of his death aged 30, 40, 50 and 59 years in each of those years, with no dependent children, and one, two, three and four dependent children. Mr. O'Malley Following is the information: Mr. Hall-Davis asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what widow's pension and widowed mother's allowance would be payable at the present date six months after the death of the husband with wife age 30, 40, 50 and 59 years with no dependent children and one, two, three and four dependent children. Mr. O'Malley Following is the information requested: