§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is his calculation of the amount that will be paid in each of the next five years in income support job seeker's allowance, presuming that unemployment remains at its present level, and of the amount that would be paid if the present system of income support/unemployment benefit remained in force.
§ Mr. Roger EvansThe information is not available in the form requested. I refer the hon. Member to the social security department report, CM2513, for the latest published estimates of expenditure on benefits for unemployment, and to the reply given to the hon. Member for Rochdale (Ms Lynne) on 24 November 1994,Official Report, column 279, which provides an estimate of the savings resulting from the introduction of the job seeker's allowance.