Pensioners

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Social Security – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 4 Mawrth 1991.

Danfonwch hysbysiad imi am ddadleuon fel hyn

Photo of Mr Trevor Skeet Mr Trevor Skeet , Bedfordshire North 12:00, 4 Mawrth 1991

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the current value of the assets held by the average pensioner household; and what was the comparable position in real terms in 1978–79.

Secretary of State

Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.