HC Deb 14 December 1990 vol 182 c524W
Mr. Meacher

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the annual level of his Department's budget on (i) supplementary benefit/income support, (ii) housing benefit and (iii) other means-tested benefits for each year since 1979, both at current and 1990 prices.

Miss Widdecombe

The information requested is in the table

Miss Widdecombe

I am not aware of any communications from either of the authors referred to. The advice we have received on diets for people with AIDS or HIV infection remains unchanged.