§ Mr. Hannamasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report the breakdown of total annual expenditure for the past three years in each of the five components of invalidity benefit.
§ Mr. RossiThe information is given in the following table:
Annual Expenditure (£ million) Components of Invalidity Benefit 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 Invalidity Pension 550 660 760 Adult Dependant increase 165 190 220 Child Dependency increase 75 70 80 Invalidity Allowance 50 70 80 Additional Component NIL 5 10 Total 840 995 1,150
§ Mr. Hannamasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report the numbers and proportion of invalidity pensioners who receive (a) no invalidity allowance, (b) invalidity allowance at the lower rate, (c) invalidity allowance at the middle rate and (d) invalidity allowance at the higher rate and the proportion of their respective incomes from invalidity benefit which invalidity allowance in each case represents.
§ Mr. RossiOf the 615,000 people receiving invalidity benefit at 31 May 1980, the numbers receiving invalidity allowance were as follows:—
Number per cent. High rate 154,000 25.1 Middle rate 126,000 20.5 Lower rate 232,000 37.7 No allowance 103,000 16.7 Excluding additional component and dependency increases, the amounts of which can vary considerably from case to case, the proportion of total invalidity benefit represented by invalidity allowance is
per cent. Higher rate 17.9 Middle rate 12.4 Lower rate 6.6