HC Deb 16 July 1993 vol 228 c697W
Mr. Bradley

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list for each country in the European Community(a) the total expenditure on social protection, (b) the per capita expenditure and (c) expenditure as a proportion of gross domestic product.

Mr. Hague

The information is in the table.

Expenditure on social protection 1991
(a) Total (b) Per capita (c) Per cent. of GDP
Belgium 42,004.2 4,191.2 26.7
Denmark 23,790.6 4,608.7 29.8
France 274,763.9 4,803 28.7
Germany 316,931.1 4,952 26.6
Greece 113,723.5 11,367.8 120.7
Ireland 7,912.4 2,240.2 21.3
Italy 230,651.9 3,991.3 24.4
Luxembourg 2,259.7 5,797.3 27.5
Netherlands 77,172.2 5,101.1 32.4
Portugal 15,919.4 1,616.9 19.4
Spain 95,019.5 2,432.9 21.4
United Kingdom 210,597 3,653.5 24.7
11989.

Source: Social Protection Expenditure and Receipts 1980–1991 Eurostat.

(a) Total expenditure in millions of purchasing power standards (Purchasing power standards (PPS) take comparative price levels in the countries into account).

(b) Per capita expenditure in purchasing power standards.

(c) Expenditure as a percentage of GDP.