Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Social Security – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 22 July 1991.
Mr Andrew Bowden
, Brighton, Kemptown
12:00,
22 July 1991
Does my hon. Friend accept that although the state pension has more than kept pace with inflation, the great difficulty is that 750,000 pensioners receive only the basic old age pension and do not claim any income support? Will she see what steps can be taken to ensure that more of them accept their entitlement and claim income support?