§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the total spending of his Department on benefits and services for the chronically 405W sick and disabled in each of the years 1970–71 to 1978–79; and if he will give the change year by year in percentage as well as money terms.
§ Mr. Prentice[pursuant to his reply, 21 March 1980]: The information requested is expressed in the form of separate totals, since expenditure by the Department on the benefits in question relates to Great Britain, whereas expenditure on services for the disabled met centrally relates to England only. The separate figures are as follows:
EXPENDITURE ON CENTRALLY FINANCED SERVICES FOR THE DISABLED—ENGLAND Increase year by year £ million £ million Per cent. 1970–71 10.5 4.5 43 1971–72 15.0 1.3 9 1972–73 16.3 23 14 1973–74 18.6 7.4 40 1974–75 26.0 11.4 44 1975–76 37.4 3.5 9 1976–77 40.9 4.5 11 1977–78 45.4 2.9 6 1978–79 48.3
EXPENDITURE ON BENEFITS PAID TO THE CHRONICALLY SICK OR DISABLED—GREAT BRITAIN Increase year by year £ million £ million Per cent. 1970–71 151 108 72 1971–72 259 138 53 1972–73 397 77 19 1973–74 474 152 32 1974–75 626 245 39 1975–76 871 216 25 1976–77 1,087 243 22 1977–78 1,330 244 18 1978–79 1,574 Note: The benefits included are war pensions and industrial disablement benefit from 1970–71, invalidity benefit and attendance allowance from 1971–72, non-contributory invalidity pension from 1975–76 and invalid care allowance and mobility allowance from 1976–77.