Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Social Security – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 4 March 1991.
Mr Tony Newton
, Braintree
12:00,
4 March 1991
We directed an extra £200 million in income-related benefits to elderly and disabled pensioners in October 1989. We will be directing a further £80 million to pensioners aged from 60 to 74 from next month. These increases total more than a quarter of a billion pounds and are in addition to the normal annual upratings.