Social Security Spending (OECD Countries) (Hansard, 14 November 2000)

HC Deb 14 November 2000 vol 356 c619W 619W

§ Mr. Baker
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what percentage of gross domestic product in each OECD country is spent on matters which within the UK are the responsibility of his Department. [137541]

§ Angela Eagle
The OECD publishes comparative information on public social expenditure in its social expenditure database. There is no accurate way to strip out non-social security expenditure so as to arrive at a DSS-equivalent figure.