§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing in terms of 1985 prices expenditure under the social security budget under the principal heads in 1973, 1979 and 1984 compared with the estimate for the current year; and if he will provide similar figures for employee's and employer's contributions.
§ Mr. WhitneySocial security benefit expenditure and national insurance fund contribution receipts are set out for financial years 1973–74, 1979–80, 1984–85 and 1985–86 in the tables.
Table 1 Expenditure 1973–74* 1979–80* 1984–85* 1985–86 £ million at 1985–86 prices Retirement pension 10,980 14,106 16,167 16,585 Non-contributory Retirement Pension 111 58 42 41 Widow's Benefits 978 901 834 831 Unemployment Benefit 694 1,045 1,677 1,644 Sickness Benefit 1,221 1,048 281 282 Invalidity Benefit 964 1,592 2,178 2,300 Attendance Allowance and Invalid Care Allowance† 143 328 608 681 Severe Disablement allowance‡ — 136 244 297 Mobility Allowance║ — 126 379 424 Christmas Bonus 318 162 116 111 All Industrial Injuries benefits 549 456 460 456 Maternity benefits 168 226 184 194 Benefits paid in respect of children¶ 1,378 4,531 4,616 4,570 Family Income Supplement 50 43 138 140 Death Grant 53 26 18 17 War pensions 654 600 571 564 Supplementary Benefit• 2,808 3,898 6,685 6,607 Housing benefit•▮ — 765 4,364 4,327 Total Social Security benefit 21,069 30,047 39,562 40,071 Notes
*The figures have been converted to 1985–86 prices by use of the GDP deflator.
† Invalid care allowance was introduced in July 1976.
‡ The 1979–80 figure is for non-contributory invalidity pension. That benefit was introduced in November 1975 and replaced by severe disablement allowance in November 1984.
║ Mobility allowance was introduced in January 1976.
¶ The 1973–74 figure is for family allowance. Later years include child benefit and one parent benefit. All years include guardian's allowance and child's special allowance.
•The supplementary benefit figures for 1973–74 and 1979–80 include assistance with housing costs which is covered by housing benefit in 1984–85 and 1985–86.
▮Includes rent rebates, rent allowances and rate rebates. Comparable figures for 1973–74 are not available,
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Table 2 Receipts The corresponding figures for National Insurance Contributions credited to the National Insurance Fund in respect of Class 1 National Insurance Contributions paid by employers and employees are as below. Figures are in £ million at 1985–86 prices Employees Employers 1985–86 9,385 10,986 1984–85 9,067 10,622 1979–80 6,323 9,931 1973–74 14,927 No breakdown between employees and employers is available for 1973–74.