Disability (Hansard, 15 February 1993)

HC Deb 15 February 1993 vol 219 c100W 100W

§ Mr. Luff
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what measures his Department has taken to maintain support for disabled people.

§ Mr. Scott
Since 1979 we have introduced a wide range of improvements, aimed at providing a wide ranging and coherent system of disability benefits. These improvements culminated in the introduction of disability living allowance and disability working allowance in April last year.
By the end of 1992–93, we expect expenditure on benefit for long-term sick and disabled people to have risen by more than 170 per cent. in real terms to £13.7 billion.