Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Social Security – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 23 April 1996.
Oliver Heald
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Social Security)
12:00,
23 April 1996
If pensions had continued to be increased in line with the higher of earnings or prices since 1980, the additional cost to public funds would be £7.4 billion in 1996–97.
