§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what were the total departmental administration costs for each year since 1979, in 1994 prices.
§ Mr. HagueThe information is in the table:
Expenditure since 1979–80 uplifted by current GDP deflators to 1994–95 prices Year £ million 1979–80 2,096 1980–81 2,271 1981–82 2,457 1982–83 2,488 1983–84 2,665 1984–85 2,751 1985–86 2,695 1986–87 2,835 1987288 3,398 1988–89 3,380 1989–90 3,471 1990–91 3,562 1991–92 3,793 1992–93 4,084 1993–942 4,350 1994–952 4,177 Notes:
1 Expenditure on total Departmental administration costs is included in table 1 of the Social Security Departmental Report.
2 These figures will shortly be updated on publication of the Departmental Report in March.
3The figures quoted in the table include the grants to Local Authorities for Housing Benefit and Community Charge administration and payment to Department for Employment for the administration of the Unemployment Benefit Office network. These payments were £629 million in 1986–87 and are anticipated to be in the region of £944 million in 1994–95.