Prescribed relative allowance figures
About 4,155 people receive the allowance, including pensioners and others of pension age; its estimated annual cost is £1,232,000.
asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of old age pensions which carry a prescribed relative allowance element; and the total cost of this allowance for the nearest 12 months for which figures are available.
Comment on this
Some 4,155 persons are receiving prescribed relative allowance. These include 3,628 contributory and non-contributory old age pensioners and a further 527 persons who have reached pension age and who are in receipt of widow's pension, retirement pension or deserted wife's benefit. The allowance is paid as an increase of pension or benefit payments and a separate figure of its yearly cost is not available. On the basis of the number of allowances in payment, however, it is estimated that the cost over a 12-month period will be in the order of £1,232,000.
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