HC Deb 25 March 1976 vol 908 cc284-5W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will publish a table in the Official Report showing the public expenditure per capita, at 1975 survey prices, on social security in England, Scotland, Wales and the United Kingdom, respectively, during 1974–75 analysing the data into sectors corresponding to those shown in Table 2.12 of

Benefits England Scotland Wales £ per capita United Kingdom
Pension benefits—national insurance:
Retirement pensions 82.29 77.11 86.25 81.42
Invalidity benefit 6.93 6.89 14.86 7.53
Industrial disablement benefit 2.24 3.64 5.07 2.50
Widows' pensions and industrial death benefit etc 6.72 6.51 7.61 6.81
Pension benefits—other:
Old persons' pensions 0.69 0.77 0.72 0.72
War pensions 4.72 4.40 4.35 4.63
Attendance allowance 1.38 1.15 2.90 1.48
Lump sum payments to pensioners 2.09 2.10 2.54 2.09
Supplementary benefit:
Supplementary pensions 6.91 8.42 8.34 7.23
Supplementary allowances 11.63 14.35 141.3 12.19
Family benefits:
Family allowances 7.82 8.61 7.61 8.00
Family income supplement 0.26 0.38 0.36 0.31
Other non-pension benefits—national insurance:
Sickness and injury benefits and maternity allowance 8.83 12.63 15.95 9.63
Unemployment benefit 4.54 7.08 6.89 5.09
Widows allowance, maternity/death grants 1.57 1.53 1.81 1.55
Administration and miscellaneous services 6.74 7.27 7.97 6.95
Grand Total 155.35 162.83 187.37 158.05